Lairoux

Vendée · CC Sud Vendée Littoral · INSEE 85117

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

Few services 33.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lairoux (INSEE 85117) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Sud Vendée Littoral. Population 602 (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/85117-lairoux

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 17,066 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.67	10	6.71
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (WAPETI). ^[3]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL HORSEPRO). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES BERGERONNETTES). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LAIROUX LE NID). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	WAPETI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL HORSEPRO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 LES BERGERONNETTES	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LAIROUX LE NID	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 452 peak 2017: 619 2023: 602 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 601 (2012) → 602 (2023): 0.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 514 (1990) → 602 (2023): 17.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 383, of which 17.8 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km NFood shop — 2.7 km NEGP — 6.5 km EPharmacy — 7.2 km E 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 (Lairoux): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lairoux): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Luçon): 6.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Luçon): 7.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lairoux): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.8

Days at or below 0 °C 32.3

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ANGLES weather station, 11.1 km away at 10 m; the village itself is at 26 m. ^[10]

An average of 874 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ANGLES, 11.1 km away at 10 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 — 85117/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85117/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85117/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85117/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85117
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85128
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
Vannes-sur-Cosson	45	299 km NE	592	35.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 43 %
Chantérac	24	194 km SE	652	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Mandray	88	653 km E	586	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 20 %
Oriol-en-Royans	26	533 km E	518	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 68 %
Tostat	65	363 km S	550	34.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 78 %
Estézargues	30	540 km SE	605	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 88 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chantérac	24	194 km SE	652	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Vannes-sur-Cosson	45	299 km NE	592	35.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 43 %
Tostat	65	363 km S	550	34.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 78 %
Oriol-en-Royans	26	533 km E	518	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 68 %
Estézargues	30	540 km SE	605	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 88 %
Mandray	88	653 km E	586	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 20 %

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