Château-Guibert

Vendée · CC Sud Vendée Littoral · INSEE 85061

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

Few services 35.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Château-Guibert (INSEE 85061) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Sud Vendée Littoral. Population 1,584 (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/85061-chateau-guibert

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 11,227 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.99	10	9.86
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.28

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA FERME DES POPOULLETTES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU VENT DES GOURMANDS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CASTELGUIBERTINE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHÂTEAU-GUIBERT LA MAINBOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (L'ETOURNERIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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)	1	LA FERME DES POPOULLETTES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	AU VENT DES GOURMANDS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BAR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CASTELGUIBERTINE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 MUNICIPALE DE CHÂTEAU-GUIBERT LA MAINBOTHÈQUE	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	1		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	L'ETOURNERIE	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: 1,020 2023: 1,584 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,509 (2012) → 1,584 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,066 (1990) → 1,584 (2023): 48.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 726, of which 7.2 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 3.2 km SWPrimary school — 3.6 km NGP — 4.9 km SPharmacy — 4.9 km SBakery — 5.1 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 (Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Château-Guibert): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Thorigny): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.9

Days at or below 0 °C 32.6

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LA ROCHE SUR YON weather station, 17.8 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 45 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LA ROCHE SUR YON, 17.8 km away at 88 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAU-GUIBERT, 3.1 km away at 50 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 — 85061/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85061/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85061/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85061/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85135
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85061
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85291
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-Georges-Buttavent	53	197 km N	1,367	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Québriac	35	201 km N	1,588	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Périgneux	42	435 km E	1,621	39.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 14 %
Nieul-lès-Saintes	17	99 km SE	1,186	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Vergigny	89	405 km NE	1,486	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-la-Bussière	69	432 km E	1,163	42.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nieul-lès-Saintes	17	99 km SE	1,186	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Georges-Buttavent	53	197 km N	1,367	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Québriac	35	201 km N	1,588	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Vergigny	89	405 km NE	1,486	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-la-Bussière	69	432 km E	1,163	42.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Périgneux	42	435 km E	1,621	39.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Château-Guibert'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
Soulaire-et-Bourg	49	123 km NE	1,467	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Berné	56	226 km NW	1,551	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Missiriac	56	163 km NW	1,195	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent-sur-Oust	56	142 km NW	1,679	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Vatteville-la-Rue	76	354 km NE	1,103	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Grez-Neuville	49	121 km N	1,447	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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