Cheffois

Vendée · CC du Pays de la Châtaigneraie · INSEE 85067

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

Few services 34.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cheffois (INSEE 85067) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de la Châtaigneraie. Population 1,009 (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/85067-cheffois

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 14,279 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.74	10	7.37
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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”.

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

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DU ROCHER). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES TILLEULS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE LA VALLEE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHEFFOIS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHEFFOIS À LA PAGE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS DU ROCHER). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (S' MAGIE COIF · DE MECHE AVEC VOUS A DOMICILE · ZEN POUR UN STYLE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE FOURNIL DU ROCHER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES TILLEULS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE LA VALLEE	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	CHEFFOIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHEFFOIS À LA PAGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE OMNISPORTS DU ROCHER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	S' MAGIE COIF · DE MECHE AVEC VOUS A DOMICILE · ZEN POUR UN STYLE	INSEE BPE 3 / 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 799 2023: 1,009 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 981 (2012) → 1,009 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 816 (1990) → 1,009 (2023): 23.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 476, of which 6.1 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.0 km SEPharmacy — 4.1 km SEGP — 4.2 km W 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 (Cheffois): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Terval): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mouilleron-Saint-Germain): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Châtaigneraie): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Cheffois): 0.1 km to the north-west (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. ^[12]

Measured at the POUZAUGES SA weather station, 11.4 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 105 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at POUZAUGES SA, 11.4 km away at 153 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 988 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHATAIGNERAIE, 4.4 km away at 136 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85067/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85067/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85067/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85067/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85067
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85289
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85154
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
Renac	35	147 km NW	1,027	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Bazouge-du-Désert	35	199 km N	1,095	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Le Deschaux	39	480 km E	1,036	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Domfront-en-Champagne	72	171 km N	1,069	29.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Teillay	35	139 km NW	1,117	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chevrières	42	418 km E	1,150	34.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Teillay	35	139 km NW	1,117	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Renac	35	147 km NW	1,027	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Domfront-en-Champagne	72	171 km N	1,069	29.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
La Bazouge-du-Désert	35	199 km N	1,095	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Chevrières	42	418 km E	1,150	34.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Le Deschaux	39	480 km E	1,036	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Cheffois'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
Renac	35	147 km NW	1,027	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Teillay	35	139 km NW	1,117	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chavagnes-les-Redoux	85	11 km NW	857	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes	35	137 km NW	820	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Philbert-du-Peuple	49	99 km NE	1,307	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Rochetrejoux	85	21 km NW	983	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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