Le Langon

Vendée · CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée · INSEE 85121

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

Partly served 43.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Langon (INSEE 85121) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée. Population 1,045 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85121-le-langon

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 14,081 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.61	10	6.06
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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]

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

4 × Restaurant (DAVID TRAITEUR · LE PAILLE EN QUEUE 974 · CAFE DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA HUTTE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ANDRE TURCOT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE LANGON AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING L'ILOT DES MARAIS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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)	1		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	4	DAVID TRAITEUR · LE PAILLE EN QUEUE 974 · CAFE DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LA HUTTE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ANDRE TURCOT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [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	LE LANGON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	1	CAMPING L'ILOT DES MARAIS	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: 1,024 peak 2012: 1,128 2023: 1,045 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,128 (2012) → 1,045 (2023): -7.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 945 (1990) → 1,045 (2023): 10.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 552, of which 6.9 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 4.0 km NWGP — 6.9 km NWPharmacy — 7.0 km NW 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 (Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Langon): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Nalliers): 6.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Nalliers): 7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Langon): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.5

Days at or below 0 °C 29

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINTE GEMME LA PLAINE_SAPC weather station, 13 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 9 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 13.2 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 776 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at L ILE D ELLE, 12 km away at 16 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85121/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85121/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85121/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85121/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85158
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85121
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85159
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
Pomas	11	450 km SE	1,017	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 96 % · humidity 43 %
Mas-Saintes-Puelles	11	413 km SE	923	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 %
Macouba	972	6,545 km W	987	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Rémy	79	33 km E	1,105	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Opoul-Périllos	66	499 km SE	1,239	44.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
La Baume-de-Transit	26	511 km SE	942	54.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Rémy	79	33 km E	1,105	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Mas-Saintes-Puelles	11	413 km SE	923	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 91 % · humidity 43 %
Pomas	11	450 km SE	1,017	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 96 % · humidity 43 %
Opoul-Périllos	66	499 km SE	1,239	44.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 %
La Baume-de-Transit	26	511 km SE	942	54.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Macouba	972	6,545 km W	987	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Le Langon'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-Rémy	79	33 km E	1,105	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mesnil-Aubry	95	384 km NE	914	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Antigny	85	25 km NE	1,027	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Vaudelnay	49	96 km NE	1,122	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Clément-des-Levées	49	115 km NE	1,128	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Villeperdue	37	147 km NE	1,126	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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