Fougeré

Vendée · CA La Roche-sur-Yon - Agglomération · INSEE 85093

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

Few services 35.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fougeré (INSEE 85093) is in Vendée (85), part of CA La Roche-sur-Yon - Agglomération. Population 1,240 (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/85093-fougere

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 13,027 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.99	10	9.89
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOURNIL BRECHOTTEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BAR RESTAURANT DES CHASSEURS). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE R.P.I.D THORIGNY). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (BELLE HAIR COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	FOURNIL BRECHOTTEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	BAR RESTAURANT DES CHASSEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE R.P.I.D THORIGNY	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	FOUGERE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE FOUGERÉ	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	1	BELLE HAIR COIFFURE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 693 2023: 1,240 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,165 (2012) → 1,240 (2023): 6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 833 (1990) → 1,240 (2023): 48.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 557, of which 2.3 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.8 km WGP — 4.8 km WPharmacy — 5.3 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 (Fougeré): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Chaize-le-Vicomte): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Chaize-le-Vicomte): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bournezeau): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.9

Days at or below 0 °C 32.6

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LA ROCHE SUR YON weather station, 12.5 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 95 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, 12.5 km away at 88 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAU-GUIBERT, 10.7 km away at 50 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 — 85093/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85093/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85093/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85093/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85093
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85034
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
Castelmayran	82	342 km SE	1,186	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Chanos-Curson	26	508 km E	1,196	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Boismé	79	62 km E	1,176	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Le Gué-d'Alleré	17	60 km SE	1,113	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 81 %
Villiers-Charlemagne	53	147 km N	1,109	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chazé-sur-Argos	49	110 km N	1,086	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Gué-d'Alleré	17	60 km SE	1,113	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 81 %
Boismé	79	62 km E	1,176	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Chazé-sur-Argos	49	110 km N	1,086	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Villiers-Charlemagne	53	147 km N	1,109	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Castelmayran	82	342 km SE	1,186	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Chanos-Curson	26	508 km E	1,196	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 93 % · 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 Fougeré'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
Boismé	79	62 km E	1,176	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Villiers-Charlemagne	53	147 km N	1,109	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Le Pin	79	49 km NE	1,091	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Marçay	86	114 km E	1,107	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Thorigny	85	5.2 km S	1,275	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mignières	28	275 km NE	1,163	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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