La Chaize-Giraud

Vendée · CA du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie · INSEE 85045

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

Few services 29.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chaize-Giraud (INSEE 85045) is in Vendée (85), part of CA du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. Population 1,124 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85045-la-chaize-giraud

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 13,640 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.54	5	2.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL PEAUDEAU NICOLAS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LES MAISONS DE L'HARMONIE · LE COMPTOIR D'ARNAUD). ^[3,4]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANISSA BADIS, MÉDECIN · KARINE CHAUVIN-MERLET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LA CHAIZE EN L'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES ALOUETTES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL PEAUDEAU NICOLAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	LES MAISONS DE L'HARMONIE · LE COMPTOIR D'ARNAUD	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ANISSA BADIS, MÉDECIN · KARINE CHAUVIN-MERLET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LA CHAIZE EN L'HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LES ALOUETTES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 305 2023: 1,124 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 990 (2012) → 1,124 (2023): 13.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 546 (1990) → 1,124 (2023): 105.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 724, of which 23.1 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune GP Food shop — 0.9 km SEBakery — 1.1 km SEPrimary school — 1.2 km SEPharmacy — 2.8 km N Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Landevieille): 1.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Landevieille): 0.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Chaize-Giraud): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (L'Aiguillon-sur-Vie): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Landevieille): 1.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.4

Days at or below 0 °C 25.2

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LA MOTHE ACHARD weather station, 14.5 km away at 58 m; the village itself is at 28 m. ^[11]

An average of 832 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT GILLES CR, 8.7 km away at 17 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85045/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85045/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85045/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85045/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85120
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85045
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85002
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rainneville	80	481 km NE	1,123	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 69 %
Saint-Hilaire-d'Ozilhan	30	583 km SE	1,106	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 96 %
Basly	14	310 km N	1,029	26	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 95 %
Wandignies-Hamage	59	563 km NE	1,301	31.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 68 %
Enchenberg	57	732 km NE	1,206	30.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %
Lachapelle-Auzac	46	320 km SE	795	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 5 % · winter 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Basly	14	310 km N	1,029	26	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 95 %
Lachapelle-Auzac	46	320 km SE	795	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 5 % · winter 57 %
Rainneville	80	481 km NE	1,123	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 69 %
Wandignies-Hamage	59	563 km NE	1,301	31.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 68 %
Saint-Hilaire-d'Ozilhan	30	583 km SE	1,106	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 96 %
Enchenberg	57	732 km NE	1,206	30.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %

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