Jard-sur-Mer

Vendée · CC Vendée Grand Littoral · INSEE 85114

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

Served 62.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Jard-sur-Mer (INSEE 85114) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Vendée Grand Littoral. Population 3,235 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85114-jard-sur-mer

Vitality score

Vitality score 62.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 6,688 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	0.56	25	14.06
Social	0.98	20	19.59
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.43	10	4.27
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 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 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE FRADET · LE SILLON · PENSE AU PAIN · MAISON LE BARILLEC). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (AUX DELICES DES GOURMETS · BOUCHERIE CORNUAUD-MENANTEAU · VIANDISSIME). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU GOURMET VENDEEN · L'EPICERIE DU CAILLOU · HPRL). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SOCIETE JARDAISE DE DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

4 × Fishmonger (CONSERVERIE LA PERLE DES DIEUX · TRIGOL · SARL L'HUITRE PERLIERE · EURL YDIER ERIC). ^[3,4]

24 × Restaurant (EHPAD SAINTE ANNE · LE CABANON DE LA PLAGE · BELLA VISTA · CREPERIE DU MOULIN). ^[3,4]

13 × Café / bar (LA CAZ A PAPE · LE CANOTT · DRINK AND FOOD · LE BOULET ANGLAIS · KOU-DE-TA). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES TATI · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTOPHE ZAHND, MÉDECIN · RAPHAËL CHUDY, MÉDECIN · MARYSE VAULTIER, MÉDECIN · CATERINA STRAZZABOSCO, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GRAND LITTORAL). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUEDE JARD-SUR-MER). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (SALLE DES ORMEAUX). ^[3]

2 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DU BOISVINET · PLAGE DE LA MINE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE JARD SUR MER). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (CORREIA DE VASCONCELOS MARIA-ANITA · VENT D' COIFFURE · SAS L'ILE DE JOSI · HAIR STYLE · INTERMEDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

5 × Campsite (LA VENTOUSE · CAMPING PARADIS LA POMME DE PIN · CAP FUN CAMPING LES ECUREUILS · CAP FUN CAMPING LE CURT'YS · CAMPING GCU JARD-SUR-MER). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Campsite.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE FRADET · LE SILLON · PENSE AU PAIN · MAISON LE BARILLEC	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	AUX DELICES DES GOURMETS · BOUCHERIE CORNUAUD-MENANTEAU · VIANDISSIME	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	AU GOURMET VENDEEN · L'EPICERIE DU CAILLOU · HPRL	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	SOCIETE JARDAISE DE DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	4	CONSERVERIE LA PERLE DES DIEUX · TRIGOL · SARL L'HUITRE PERLIERE · EURL YDIER ERIC	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Restaurant	24	EHPAD SAINTE ANNE · LE CABANON DE LA PLAGE · BELLA VISTA · CREPERIE DU MOULIN	INSEE BPE 24 / INSEE SIRENE 33 [3,4]
Café / bar	13	LA CAZ A PAPE · LE CANOTT · DRINK AND FOOD · LE BOULET ANGLAIS · KOU-DE-TA	INSEE SIRENE 13 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES TATI · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	CHRISTOPHE ZAHND, MÉDECIN · RAPHAËL CHUDY, MÉDECIN · MARYSE VAULTIER, MÉDECIN · CATERINA STRAZZABOSCO, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE GRAND LITTORAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUEDE JARD-SUR-MER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	SALLE DES ORMEAUX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	2	PLAGE DU BOISVINET · PLAGE DE LA MINE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE JARD SUR MER	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	6	CORREIA DE VASCONCELOS MARIA-ANITA · VENT D' COIFFURE · SAS L'ILE DE JOSI · HAIR STYLE · INTERMEDE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	5	LA VENTOUSE · CAMPING PARADIS LA POMME DE PIN · CAP FUN CAMPING LES ECUREUILS · CAP FUN CAMPING LE CURT'YS · CAMPING GCU JARD-SUR-MER	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,242 2023: 3,235 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,635 (2012) → 3,235 (2023): 22.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,817 (1990) → 3,235 (2023): 78 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,863, of which 59.3 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.5 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 (Jard-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Jard-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Jard-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Jard-sur-Mer): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Jard-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

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, 13.2 km away at 27 m; the village itself is at 13 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CHATEAU-D'OLONNE, 13.2 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, 13.2 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 — 85114/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/49/74b01564-9e26-321a-ad15-7088a5b1ad00— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85114/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85114/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85114/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85114
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
Meschers-sur-Gironde	17	107 km SE	3,180	50.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Longeville-sur-Mer	85	6.9 km E	2,625	63.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île	85	23 km SE	2,845	65.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
Taninges	74	629 km E	3,491	52.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 %
Pléneuf-Val-André	22	252 km N	3,988	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Gréoux-les-Bains	04	656 km SE	3,084	60.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Longeville-sur-Mer	85	6.9 km E	2,625	63.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île	85	23 km SE	2,845	65.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
Meschers-sur-Gironde	17	107 km SE	3,180	50.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Pléneuf-Val-André	22	252 km N	3,988	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Taninges	74	629 km E	3,491	52.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 %
Gréoux-les-Bains	04	656 km SE	3,084	60.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · 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 Jard-sur-Mer'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
Pléneuf-Val-André	22	252 km N	3,988	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Notre-Dame-de-Monts	85	63 km NW	2,420	67.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme	80	482 km NE	2,306	66.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Brem-sur-Mer	85	29 km NW	2,993	64	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bretignolles-sur-Mer	85	32 km NW	5,344	59.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Cayeux-sur-Mer	80	476 km NE	2,316	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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