Châteauneuf

Vendée · CC Challans-Gois Communauté · INSEE 85062

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

Few services 35.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Châteauneuf (INSEE 85062) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Challans-Gois Communauté. Population 1,140 (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/85062-chateauneuf

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 13,563 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

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 1 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]

1 × Restaurant (DES P'TITS PLATS DANS LES GRANDS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CASTEL). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE-THERESE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THIERRY MORNET, MÉDECIN · DIDIER GERMAIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHÂTEAUNEUF). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (MARIE H COIFFEUR - COLORISTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (FERME-AUBERGE LES VIEILLES VENTES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	1	DES P'TITS PLATS DANS LES GRANDS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE CASTEL	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE-THERESE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	THIERRY MORNET, MÉDECIN · DIDIER GERMAIN, 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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHÂTEAUNEUF	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	MARIE H COIFFEUR - COLORISTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	FERME-AUBERGE LES VIEILLES VENTES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 499 2023: 1,140 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 943 (2012) → 1,140 (2023): 20.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 520 (1990) → 1,140 (2023): 119.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 557, of which 4.1 % second homes and 12.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 2.9 km NEBakery — 3.0 km NEPharmacy — 3.0 km NE 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 (Bois-de-Céné): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bois-de-Céné): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Châteauneuf): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bois-de-Céné): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Châteauneuf): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.3

Days at or below 0 °C 24.4

Muggy days a summer 3.1

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE PERRIER weather station, 12.1 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 11 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE PERRIER, 12.1 km away at 2 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 836 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BOUIN, 9 km away at 3 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 — 85062/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85062/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85062/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85062/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85024
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85062
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-Vougay	29	250 km NW	873	42.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Carné	22	167 km N	1,167	37.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Ferrières-Haut-Clocher	27	318 km NE	1,097	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hilaire-le-Vouhis	85	65 km SE	1,101	36	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cassien	38	600 km E	1,154	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Missiriac	56	107 km N	1,195	29.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Hilaire-le-Vouhis	85	65 km SE	1,101	36	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Missiriac	56	107 km N	1,195	29.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Carné	22	167 km N	1,167	37.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vougay	29	250 km NW	873	42.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Ferrières-Haut-Clocher	27	318 km NE	1,097	29.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Cassien	38	600 km E	1,154	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Châteauneuf'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
Sainte-Sève	29	234 km NW	1,077	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Acquin-Westbécourt	62	515 km NE	802	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-du-Pinel	35	134 km NE	1,018	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bavinchove	59	536 km NE	1,045	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Houtkerque	59	550 km NE	978	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Aubin-des-Landes	35	139 km N	917	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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