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Faymoreau

Vendée · CC Vendée, Sèvre, Autise · INSEE 85087

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

Few services 20.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Faymoreau (INSEE 85087) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Vendée, Sèvre, Autise. Population 209 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/85087-faymoreau

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 16,228 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.25102.46
Housing mix0.5152.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES GALIBOTS). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES GALIBOTSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 451 2023: 209 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 217 (2012) → 209 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 280 (1990) → 209 (2023): -25.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 188, of which 24.5 % second homes and 22.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.8 km NE (Le Busseau)Food shop — 4.4 km N (Saint-Hilaire-de-Voust)Pharmacy — 5.0 km SW (Foussais-Payré)GP — 8.5 km S (Coulonges-sur-l'Autize)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.8 km NEFood shop — 4.4 km NPharmacy — 5.0 km SWGP — 8.5 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 (Le Busseau): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Hilaire-de-Voust): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Coulonges-sur-l'Autize): 8.5 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Foussais-Payré): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Faymoreau): 0 km to the north (straight line). [12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the FONTENAY weather station, 16.5 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 93 m. [13]

The village sits 73 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 16.5 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. [13]

That station sits 73 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [13]

An average of 916 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at FOUSSAIS PAYRE, 2.7 km away at 100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85087/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85087/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85087/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85087/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79059
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 85229
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79101
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 85094
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 85087
  13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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Malicornay36174 km E18723.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Nouzerines23210 km E23724.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Clément-de-Vers69388 km E20625Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
La Perche18245 km E20521Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Salles81346 km SE19127.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Vitrac-sur-Montane19237 km SE22226Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Malicornay36174 km E18723.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Nouzerines23210 km E23724.8Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Vitrac-sur-Montane19237 km SE22226Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
La Perche18245 km E20521Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 57 %
Salles81346 km SE19127.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Clément-de-Vers69388 km E20625Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Paizay-le-Chapt7963 km SE25825Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Chavroches03324 km E26823.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Viré-en-Champagne72161 km N20426.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Cahus46266 km SE18514.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Balledent87149 km E20213.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Villiers36143 km E17715.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %