La Jaudonnière
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 25.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Jaudonnière (INSEE 85115) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Sud Vendée Littoral. Population 670 (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/85115-la-jaudonniere
Vitality score
Vitality score 25.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 34 % of the 16,628 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.8 | 10 | 7.98 |
| Housing mix | 0.82 | 5 | 4.12 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ANDRE DRAPEAU). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA JAUDONNIERE AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LA JAUDONNIÈRE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX D'ELLE O). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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) | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ANDRE DRAPEAU | 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 | LA JAUDONNIERE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LA JAUDONNIÈRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE OMNISPORTS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | LES CISEAUX D'ELLE O | INSEE BPE 2 / 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 609 (2012) → 670 (2023): 10 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 516 (1990) → 670 (2023): 29.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 331, of which 8.8 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Bazoges-en-Pareds): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Bazoges-en-Pareds): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Bazoges-en-Pareds): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (La Jaudonnière): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CHANTONNAY weather station, 8.6 km away at 93 m; the village itself is at 99 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at POUZAUGES SA, 17 km away at 153 m, over 20 summers. [11]
That station sits 54 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 895 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CHANTONNAY, 8.6 km away at 93 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
64 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 110,000 € — 941 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Vendée is 2,125 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85115/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85115/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85115/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85115/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 85040
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 85014
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 85115
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sermoyer | 01 | 454 km E | 670 | 25.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 68 % |
| Yssandon | 19 | 241 km SE | 696 | 23.5 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hanvoile | 60 | 383 km NE | 654 | 28.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montagny-en-Vexin | 60 | 351 km NE | 672 | 25.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Michel-de-Chavaignes | 72 | 192 km NE | 737 | 22.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montaut | 40 | 324 km S | 594 | 22.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Michel-de-Chavaignes | 72 | 192 km NE | 737 | 22.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Yssandon | 19 | 241 km SE | 696 | 23.5 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montaut | 40 | 324 km S | 594 | 22.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 86 % |
| Montagny-en-Vexin | 60 | 351 km NE | 672 | 25.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Hanvoile | 60 | 383 km NE | 654 | 28.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sermoyer | 01 | 454 km E | 670 | 25.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 68 % |
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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 La Jaudonnière'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-Cyr-des-Gâts | 85 | 10 km SE | 533 | 22.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maillé | 37 | 126 km E | 557 | 21.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Davayé | 71 | 439 km E | 666 | 32.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Monthoiron | 86 | 121 km E | 673 | 21.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bridoré | 37 | 161 km E | 491 | 23.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Thurageau | 86 | 93 km E | 720 | 21.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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