Chauché

Vendée · CC du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts · INSEE 85064

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

Few services 33.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chauché (INSEE 85064) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts. Population 2,613 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85064-chauche

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 7,968 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.94	10	9.41
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL GOURMAND DE CHAUCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT CHRISTOPHE). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHCIE MONTASSIER GALLET DE ST AURIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHAUCHE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE CHAUCHÉ). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE CHAUCHE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (BETTY COOP · L'ATELIER F). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (DOMAINE DE L'OISELIERE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL GOURMAND DE CHAUCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT CHRISTOPHE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHCIE MONTASSIER GALLET DE ST AURIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	CHAUCHE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE CHAUCHÉ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE CHAUCHE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	2	BETTY COOP · L'ATELIER F	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	DOMAINE DE L'OISELIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,707 2023: 2,613 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,373 (2012) → 2,613 (2023): 10.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,813 (1990) → 2,613 (2023): 44.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,147, of which 0.9 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, Pharmacy Food shop — 3.5 km NGP — 6.8 km SE 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 (Chauché): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chavagnes-en-Paillers): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Essarts-en-Bocage): 6.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Chauché): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 43

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-FULGENT_SAPC weather station, 6.8 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 63 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, 16.3 km away at 88 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 868 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT FULGENT, 6.7 km away at 82 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 — 85064/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85064/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85064/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85064/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85064
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85065
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85084
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
Les Touches	44	69 km N	2,638	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumont Saint-Cyr	86	130 km E	2,908	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Viaud	44	74 km NW	2,929	50.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Septème	38	503 km E	2,186	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Baulon	35	138 km N	2,210	53.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Branges	71	491 km E	2,386	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Touches	44	69 km N	2,638	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Viaud	44	74 km NW	2,929	50.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumont Saint-Cyr	86	130 km E	2,908	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Baulon	35	138 km N	2,210	53.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Branges	71	491 km E	2,386	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Septème	38	503 km E	2,186	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · 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 Chauché'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
Les Touches	44	69 km N	2,638	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumont Saint-Cyr	86	130 km E	2,908	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Mozé-sur-Louet	49	80 km NE	2,031	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Tremblay-les-Villages	28	279 km NE	2,206	42.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnes	86	145 km E	1,688	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Notre-Dame-des-Landes	44	70 km NW	2,360	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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