L'Hermenault

Vendée · CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée · INSEE 85110

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

Partly served 53.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

L'Hermenault (INSEE 85110) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée. Population 914 (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/85110-l-hermenault

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 14,880 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0.81	10	8.07
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.57	10	5.69
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (LE PAIN DELICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MAAVIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (EHPAD BELLEVUE CCAS). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE R.P.I.D ST CYR DES GATS). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CECILE MORICEAU, MÉDECIN · MARIE SPRIET, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS MOURAD, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARIE POUPLET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L'HERMENAULT). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF BEAULIEU). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISS LOCAL CREDI AGRIC HERMENAULT). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (L'INSTANT COIFFURE · HAIR'POP). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE PAIN DELICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MAAVIR	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	1	EHPAD BELLEVUE CCAS	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)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE R.P.I.D ST CYR DES GATS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	CECILE MORICEAU, MÉDECIN · MARIE SPRIET, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS MOURAD, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARIE POUPLET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE L'HERMENAULT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	L HERMENAULT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF BEAULIEU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISS LOCAL CREDI AGRIC HERMENAULT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	3	L'INSTANT COIFFURE · HAIR'POP	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 832 peak 1982: 914 2023: 914 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 861 (2012) → 914 (2023): 6.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 855 (1990) → 914 (2023): 6.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 474, of which 6.1 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (L'Hermenault): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (L'Hermenault): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (L'Hermenault): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (L'Hermenault): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (L'Hermenault): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.3

Days at or below 0 °C 30.4

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the FONTENAY weather station, 12.3 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 35 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 12.3 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. ^[9]

An average of 874 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at FONTENAY LE COM, 10.8 km away at 35 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85110/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85110/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85110/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85110/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85110
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-Bris-le-Vineux	89	370 km NE	1,024	34	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Saubusse	40	319 km S	1,093	45.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 0 %
Prat-Bonrepaux	09	417 km S	888	54.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Cologne	32	344 km SE	947	59.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 70 %
Auvillers-les-Forges	08	538 km NE	909	61.7	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac	24	206 km SE	971	58.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pierre-de-Chignac	24	206 km SE	971	58.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Saubusse	40	319 km S	1,093	45.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 0 %
Cologne	32	344 km SE	947	59.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 70 %
Saint-Bris-le-Vineux	89	370 km NE	1,024	34	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Prat-Bonrepaux	09	417 km S	888	54.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Auvillers-les-Forges	08	538 km NE	909	61.7	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %

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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 L'Hermenault'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
Civaux	86	120 km E	1,210	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Le Grand-Pressigny	37	137 km E	872	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Luzillé	37	170 km NE	987	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Maillezais	85	21 km SE	890	65	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-de-l'Escap	17	73 km SE	857	56.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Neuvy-le-Roi	37	165 km NE	1,048	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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