Grues

Vendée · CC Sud Vendée Littoral · INSEE 85104

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

Few services 27.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Grues (INSEE 85104) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Sud Vendée Littoral. Population 927 (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/85104-grues

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 14,808 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.79	10	7.91
Housing mix	0.2	5	0.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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 2 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MIE VENDEENNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (ALC). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE CHEVAL BLANC). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING CAPFUN LE BEL AIR · CAMPING LA CLÉROCA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA MIE VENDEENNE	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	ALC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	GRUES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GRUES	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		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LE CHEVAL BLANC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING CAPFUN LE BEL AIR · CAMPING LA CLÉROCA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 867 2023: 927 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 826 (2012) → 927 (2023): 12.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 718 (1990) → 927 (2023): 29.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 839, of which 40.2 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 5.8 km NPharmacy — 6.3 km SEFood shop — 6.4 km SEGP — 6.4 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 (Grues): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm): 6.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm): 6.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm): 6.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Curzon): 5.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.2

Days at or below 0 °C 24.8

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GRUES weather station, 5.8 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 4 m. ^[11]

An average of 743 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GRUES, 5.8 km away at 2 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 — 85104/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85104/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85104/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85104/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85104
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85255
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85077
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
Roquefort-des-Corbières	11	507 km SE	1,051	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 13 % · winter 92 %
Yvoire	74	585 km E	1,046	41.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 91 %
Corbère	66	522 km SE	781	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Paul-lès-Durance	13	628 km SE	885	57.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 55 %
Berchères-sur-Vesgre	28	346 km NE	862	41	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 80 %
Saint-Benoît-des-Ondes	35	250 km N	975	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Benoît-des-Ondes	35	250 km N	975	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 93 %
Berchères-sur-Vesgre	28	346 km NE	862	41	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 80 %
Roquefort-des-Corbières	11	507 km SE	1,051	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 13 % · winter 92 %
Corbère	66	522 km SE	781	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 95 %
Yvoire	74	585 km E	1,046	41.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Paul-lès-Durance	13	628 km SE	885	57.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 55 %

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