La Genétouze

Vendée · CC de Vie et Boulogne · INSEE 85098

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

Partly served 41.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Genétouze (INSEE 85098) is in Vendée (85), part of CC de Vie et Boulogne. Population 2,011 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85098-la-genetouze

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 9,596 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	0.34	25	8.55
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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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) (FARANDOLE DES GOURMANDISES). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (COOP). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE SAINT JEAN). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GUSTAVE EIFFEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEUR). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE SPORTS). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (RACINE O' CARRE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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	FARANDOLE DES GOURMANDISES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	COOP	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LE SAINT JEAN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GUSTAVE EIFFEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEUR	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	LA GENETOUZE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA GENÉTOUZE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DE SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	RACINE O' CARRE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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: 619 2023: 2,011 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,775 (2012) → 2,011 (2023): 13.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,319 (1990) → 2,011 (2023): 52.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 889, of which 1.3 % second homes and 2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 4.4 km NGP — 4.7 km N 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 (La Genétouze): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Genétouze): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Poiré-sur-Vie): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Poiré-sur-Vie): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Genétouze): 0.3 km to the north-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. ^[10]

Measured at the LA ROCHE SUR YON weather station, 10.4 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 70 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LA ROCHE SUR YON, 10.4 km away at 88 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA ROCHE SUR YON, 10.4 km away at 88 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85098/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85098/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85098/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85098/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85098
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85178
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
La Chevallerais	44	83 km N	1,569	33	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Armbouts-Cappel	59	551 km NE	2,077	26.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine	85	41 km SE	2,084	46.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 %
Vienne-en-Val	45	300 km NE	2,004	49.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 66 %
Soignolles-en-Brie	77	381 km NE	2,021	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Carlepont	60	458 km NE	1,393	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine	85	41 km SE	2,084	46.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 %
La Chevallerais	44	83 km N	1,569	33	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Vienne-en-Val	45	300 km NE	2,004	49.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 66 %
Soignolles-en-Brie	77	381 km NE	2,021	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Carlepont	60	458 km NE	1,393	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Armbouts-Cappel	59	551 km NE	2,077	26.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · 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 La Genétouze'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
Brette-les-Pins	72	192 km NE	2,131	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Moisenay	77	378 km NE	1,362	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-la-Poterie	56	111 km NW	1,429	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Treffendel	35	150 km N	1,350	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Prouant	85	43 km E	1,666	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Ercé-près-Liffré	35	170 km N	2,034	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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