L'Île-d'Olonne

Vendée · CA Les Sables d'Olonne Agglomération · INSEE 85112

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

Served 64.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

L'Île-d'Olonne (INSEE 85112) is in Vendée (85), part of CA Les Sables d'Olonne Agglomération. Population 2,802 (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/85112-l-ile-d-olonne

Vitality score

Vitality score 64.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 7,552 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.68	20	13.63
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE L'ILE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (HALLES DIS · LA GUELLAUT GHISLAINE). ^[3,4]

4 × Fishmonger (POISSONNERIE CHEZ FREDDY · POISSONNERIE DES PRESIDENTS · LES PINASSES SABLAISES · POISSONNERIE ISLAISE). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (MNF · L'ILOT D'HELENE · L'ETELLE · LES PALUDIERS · VIETGROUPE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE MARAIS). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES SALINES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PATRICK LE CAR, MÉDECIN · MARC DOMERGUE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ILE D OLONNE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE L'ÎLE-D'OLONNE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF · ESPACE DU PRE NEUF). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (STEPH COIFFURE · EURL MARQUE · LBLYSEBRUNIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING L'ILE AUX OISEAUX). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE FOURNIL DE L'ILE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	HALLES DIS · LA GUELLAUT GHISLAINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	4	POISSONNERIE CHEZ FREDDY · POISSONNERIE DES PRESIDENTS · LES PINASSES SABLAISES · POISSONNERIE ISLAISE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Restaurant	7	MNF · L'ILOT D'HELENE · L'ETELLE · LES PALUDIERS · VIETGROUPE	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE MARAIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES SALINES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE ANNE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	PATRICK LE CAR, MÉDECIN · MARC DOMERGUE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	ILE D OLONNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE L'ÎLE-D'OLONNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF · ESPACE DU PRE NEUF	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	STEPH COIFFURE · EURL MARQUE · LBLYSEBRUNIER	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING L'ILE AUX OISEAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 837 peak 2012: 2,804 2023: 2,802 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,804 (2012) → 2,802 (2023): -0.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,457 (1990) → 2,802 (2023): 92.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,539, of which 10.6 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 5.2 km S 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'Île-d'Olonne): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (L'Île-d'Olonne): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (L'Île-d'Olonne): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Les Sables-d'Olonne): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (L'Île-d'Olonne): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.8

Days at or below 0 °C 18▸

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHATEAU-D'OLONNE weather station, 10.4 km away at 27 m; the village itself is at 4 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CHATEAU-D'OLONNE, 10.4 km away at 27 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 741 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAU-D'OLONNE, 10.4 km away at 27 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 — 85112/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85112/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85112/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85112/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85112
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85194
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
Jarzé Villages	49	161 km NE	2,798	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Genest-Malifaux	42	498 km E	2,921	76.1	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 9 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray	56	155 km NW	2,889	72.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Sizun	29	268 km NW	2,325	64.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Chauvé	44	67 km N	3,070	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 100 %
La Planche	44	57 km NE	2,810	52.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Planche	44	57 km NE	2,810	52.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Chauvé	44	67 km N	3,070	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 100 %
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray	56	155 km NW	2,889	72.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Jarzé Villages	49	161 km NE	2,798	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Sizun	29	268 km NW	2,325	64.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Genest-Malifaux	42	498 km E	2,921	76.1	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 9 % · humidity 86 %

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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'Île-d'Olonne'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
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray	56	155 km NW	2,889	72.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Coulomb	35	235 km N	2,969	62.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Percy-en-Normandie	50	265 km N	2,641	64.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Esquelbecq	59	571 km NE	2,137	56.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Merdrignac	22	187 km N	3,139	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Marigny-Le-Lozon	50	285 km N	2,761	65	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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