La Châtaigneraie

Vendée · CC du Pays de la Châtaigneraie · INSEE 85059

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 57/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Châtaigneraie (INSEE 85059) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de la Châtaigneraie. Population 2,600 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85059-la-chataigneraie

Vitality score

Vitality score 57/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 85 % of the 8,009 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	0.39	25	9.75
Social	0.66	20	13.11
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.78	10	7.75
Public & culture	0.59	5	2.93
Population trend	0.4	10	3.95
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL BOULANGERIE DE LA POSTE). ^[3,4]

3 × Supermarket (LIDL · LA PREE · INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (RESTORIA · 2B ET PRODUCTEURS · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS · BISTROT DES HALLES · LACHAOUEST). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE PUBLIC ELIE DE SAYVRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE PIERRE MENDES FRANCE · COLLEGE PRIVE ST JOSEPH). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANAÏS THIERY, MÉDECIN · THOMAS LAMBERT, MÉDECIN · THIMOTHÉE COLLIN, MÉDECIN · GABRIEL CAROL, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME CARDINEAU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VALMORIN · PHARMACIE DE LA PREE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

3 × Library (VENDÉTHÈQUE DE LA CHÂTAIGNERAIE · VENDÉTHÈQUE L'ARANTELLE ANNEXE DE LA BDP · RÉSEAU INTERCOMMUNAL PAYS-DE-LA-CHATAIGNERAIE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (SALLE BELLE EPINE). ^[3]

3 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE ST JOSEPH · COMPLEXE BONSEJOUR · COMPLEXE CLEMENCEAU). ^[3]

5 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CLCA · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL LA CHATAIGNERAIE · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (TANDEM COIFFURE · O'NATUREL · D'COIFF ZEN · TATIANA B). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

2 × Hotel (AX HÔTEL · LE 120). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL BOULANGERIE DE LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	3	LIDL · LA PREE · INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	RESTORIA · 2B ET PRODUCTEURS · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS · BISTROT DES HALLES · LACHAOUEST	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	GROUPE SCOLAIRE PUBLIC ELIE DE SAYVRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE PIERRE MENDES FRANCE · COLLEGE PRIVE ST JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	ANAÏS THIERY, MÉDECIN · THOMAS LAMBERT, MÉDECIN · THIMOTHÉE COLLIN, MÉDECIN · GABRIEL CAROL, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME CARDINEAU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE VALMORIN · PHARMACIE DE LA PREE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	3	VENDÉTHÈQUE DE LA CHÂTAIGNERAIE · VENDÉTHÈQUE L'ARANTELLE ANNEXE DE LA BDP · RÉSEAU INTERCOMMUNAL PAYS-DE-LA-CHATAIGNERAIE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Cinema	1	SALLE BELLE EPINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	3	COLLEGE ST JOSEPH · COMPLEXE BONSEJOUR · COMPLEXE CLEMENCEAU	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	5	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CLCA · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL LA CHATAIGNERAIE · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Hairdresser	6	TANDEM COIFFURE · O'NATUREL · D'COIFF ZEN · TATIANA B	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	2	AX HÔTEL · LE 120	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,371 peak 1982: 3,055 2023: 2,600 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,662 (2012) → 2,600 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,904 (1990) → 2,600 (2023): -10.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,424, of which 3.2 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.6 km SWGP — 0.6 km S 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 (La Châtaigneraie): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Châtaigneraie): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Châtaigneraie): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Châtaigneraie): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Châtaigneraie): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.3

Days at or below 0 °C 24.8

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the POUZAUGES SA weather station, 14.7 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 166 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at POUZAUGES SA, 14.7 km away at 153 m, over 20 summers. ^[9]

An average of 988 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CHATAIGNERAIE, 0.5 km away at 136 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85059/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85059/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85059/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85059/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85059
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
Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron	85	80 km W	2,727	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Magné	79	40 km S	2,728	50.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Plouénan	29	328 km NW	2,610	57	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Sallebœuf	33	203 km S	2,767	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Bécon-les-Granits	49	95 km N	2,811	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Dunières	43	424 km E	2,670	51.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Magné	79	40 km S	2,728	50.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron	85	80 km W	2,727	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bécon-les-Granits	49	95 km N	2,811	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Sallebœuf	33	203 km S	2,767	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Plouénan	29	328 km NW	2,610	57	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Dunières	43	424 km E	2,670	51.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to La Châtaigneraie's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron	85	80 km W	2,727	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bécon-les-Granits	49	95 km N	2,811	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Rieux	56	148 km NW	2,856	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Port-Saint-Père	44	94 km NW	3,059	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Le Boupère	85	21 km NW	3,151	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Grand-Fougeray	35	141 km NW	2,584	66.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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