La Copechagnière

Vendée · CC du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts · INSEE 85072

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

Few services 32.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Copechagnière (INSEE 85072) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts. Population 1,046 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85072-la-copechagniere

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 14,063 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

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 0 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]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DE LA COP'). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA LEGENDE). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA COPECHAGNIÈRE HISTOIRE DE LIRE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE DE LA COP'	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA LEGENDE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	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	1	LA COPECHAGNIERE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA COPECHAGNIÈRE HISTOIRE DE LIRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 557 2023: 1,046 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 939 (2012) → 1,046 (2023): 11.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 672 (1990) → 1,046 (2023): 55.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 463, of which 1.1 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 2.8 km SBakery — 2.9 km SGP — 4.7 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 (Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Copechagnière): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Brouzils): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Copechagnière): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

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, 12.5 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 67 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, 16.2 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, 12.1 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 — 85072/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85072/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85072/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85072/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85208
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85072
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85038
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
Vaudelnay	49	92 km E	1,122	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gonnery	56	180 km NW	1,087	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-Brouck	59	519 km NE	989	38	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 96 %
Ravenel	60	412 km NE	1,041	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-sur-Ille	35	157 km N	1,017	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Coësmes	35	115 km N	1,426	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vaudelnay	49	92 km E	1,122	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Coësmes	35	115 km N	1,426	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-sur-Ille	35	157 km N	1,017	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gonnery	56	180 km NW	1,087	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Ravenel	60	412 km NE	1,041	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-Brouck	59	519 km NE	989	38	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 96 %

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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 Copechagnière'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
Vaudelnay	49	92 km E	1,122	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ravenel	60	412 km NE	1,041	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Coësmes	35	115 km N	1,426	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Villiers	86	118 km E	982	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Méral	53	127 km N	1,053	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Berchères-les-Pierres	28	276 km NE	1,000	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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