La Chapelle-Hermier

Vendée · CC du Pays des Achards · INSEE 85054

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

Few services 35.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chapelle-Hermier (INSEE 85054) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays des Achards. Population 1,098 (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/85054-la-chapelle-hermier

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 13,766 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	25	0
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.52	5	2.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (L'ANGLE CHAPELOIS · L'AUBERGE DU JAUNAY). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AU TOUR DES ANES). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE AIME CESAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST PIERRE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA CHAPELLE HERMIER). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (FLOR' IN LOOK). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (YELLOH VILLAGE LE PIN PARASOL · NATURE HOLIDAY'S). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	L'ANGLE CHAPELOIS · L'AUBERGE DU JAUNAY	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	AU TOUR DES ANES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE AIME CESAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST PIERRE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA CHAPELLE HERMIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	FLOR' IN LOOK	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	2	YELLOH VILLAGE LE PIN PARASOL · NATURE HOLIDAY'S	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 585 2023: 1,098 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 903 (2012) → 1,098 (2023): 21.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 563 (1990) → 1,098 (2023): 95 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 641, of which 23.9 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.3 km NGP — 3.1 km NWBakery — 3.2 km NWPharmacy — 3.2 km NW 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 (Coëx): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Coëx): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Coëx): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Coëx): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Chapelle-Hermier): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the LA MOTHE ACHARD weather station, 9.7 km away at 58 m; the village itself is at 55 m. ^[10]

An average of 923 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA MOTHE ACHARD, 9.7 km away at 58 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85054/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85054/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85054/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85054/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85070
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85054
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
Sainte-Hélène	56	161 km NW	1,303	35.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %
Larré	56	129 km NW	1,104	36.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 84 %
Los Masos	66	560 km SE	966	40.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 57 %
La Roche-Neuville	53	151 km NE	1,240	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 74 %
Allériot	71	508 km E	1,165	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 55 %
Antran	86	174 km E	1,148	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Larré	56	129 km NW	1,104	36.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 84 %
La Roche-Neuville	53	151 km NE	1,240	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 74 %
Sainte-Hélène	56	161 km NW	1,303	35.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %
Antran	86	174 km E	1,148	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 %
Allériot	71	508 km E	1,165	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 55 %
Los Masos	66	560 km SE	966	40.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 57 %

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Elsewhere

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