Le Girouard

Vendée · CC du Pays des Achards · INSEE 85099

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

Few services 34.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Girouard (INSEE 85099) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays des Achards. Population 1,156 (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/85099-le-girouard

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 13,446 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.2

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 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (API LE GIROUARD). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (ORDONNEAU · ALEGRIA'DE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE-MARIE-LOUIS...). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU GIROUARD). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (ISABELLE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING À L'ORÉE DES CHÊNES). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	API LE GIROUARD	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	2	ORDONNEAU · ALEGRIA'DE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE-MARIE-LOUIS...	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	LE GIROUARD AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU GIROUARD	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	1	ISABELLE COIFFURE A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING À L'ORÉE DES CHÊNES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 749 2023: 1,156 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 951 (2012) → 1,156 (2023): 21.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 466 (1990) → 1,156 (2023): 148.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 535, of which 8 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.4 km SPharmacy — 3.5 km SBakery — 3.6 km SW 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 (Grosbreuil): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Girouard): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Grosbreuil): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Grosbreuil): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Girouard): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.4

Days at or below 0 °C 25.2

Muggy days a summer 3.1

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LA MOTHE ACHARD weather station, 6.4 km away at 58 m; the village itself is at 40 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHATEAU-D'OLONNE, 14 km away at 27 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 923 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA MOTHE ACHARD, 6.4 km away at 58 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 — 85099/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85099/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85099/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85099/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85099
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
Saint-Saturnin	63	375 km E	1,164	32.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Villebois	01	547 km E	1,206	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Pressins	38	570 km E	1,194	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 27 % · humidity 100 %
Aveize	69	478 km E	1,110	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 5 % · humidity 86 %
Le Temple-sur-Lot	47	294 km SE	1,118	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 74 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Just	35	136 km N	1,107	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Just	35	136 km N	1,107	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Le Temple-sur-Lot	47	294 km SE	1,118	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 74 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Saturnin	63	375 km E	1,164	32.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Aveize	69	478 km E	1,110	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 5 % · humidity 86 %
Villebois	01	547 km E	1,206	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Pressins	38	570 km E	1,194	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 27 % · 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 Le Girouard'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
Saint-Just	35	136 km N	1,107	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Noizay	37	211 km NE	1,168	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Meilleraie-Tillay	85	61 km E	1,485	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Trans-sur-Erdre	44	103 km N	1,156	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Thorigny	85	28 km E	1,275	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-de-Brain	35	128 km N	1,114	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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