La Chapelle-Palluau

Vendée · CC de Vie et Boulogne · INSEE 85055

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

Few services 23/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chapelle-Palluau (INSEE 85055) is in Vendée (85), part of CC de Vie et Boulogne. Population 1,124 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/85055-la-chapelle-palluau

Vitality score

Vitality score 23/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 10 % 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	25	0
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LOULOU PHOQUE). ^[4,3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA CHAPELLE-PALLUAU). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE EPI'LOOK). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	LOULOU PHOQUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA CHAPELLE-PALLUAU	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	COIFFURE EPI'LOOK	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 684 2023: 1,124 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 928 (2012) → 1,124 (2023): 21.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 647 (1990) → 1,124 (2023): 73.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 493, of which 3.4 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 2.0 km NPrimary school — 2.1 km NBakery — 2.2 km NPharmacy — 2.2 km NGP — 2.5 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 (Palluau): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Palluau): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Palluau): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Palluau): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Palluau): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.3

Days at or below 0 °C 36.3

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PALLUAU weather station, 3.2 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 41 m. ^[9]

An average of 922 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PALLUAU, 3.2 km away at 51 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85055/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85055/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85055/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85055/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85169
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
Mont	64	380 km S	1,146	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 86 %
Saint-Barthélemy	70	628 km E	1,085	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 %
Présilly	74	595 km E	1,116	21.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 39 %
Hoffen	67	752 km E	1,160	24.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 59 %
Bressolles	03	378 km E	1,143	24.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Sauveur-d'Émalleville	76	346 km NE	1,181	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 99 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Sauveur-d'Émalleville	76	346 km NE	1,181	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 99 %
Bressolles	03	378 km E	1,143	24.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 78 %
Mont	64	380 km S	1,146	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 86 %
Présilly	74	595 km E	1,116	21.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 39 %
Saint-Barthélemy	70	628 km E	1,085	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 %
Hoffen	67	752 km E	1,160	24.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 59 %

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Elsewhere

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