Longèves

Vendée · CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée · INSEE 85126

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 29.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Longèves (INSEE 85126) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée. Population 1,369 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/85126-longeves

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 12,263 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (MAISON LE LOGIE DE PAHU · LE SOPH'TY). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (ROUSSEAU FRANCINE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	2	MAISON LE LOGIE DE PAHU · LE SOPH'TY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MOZAIC	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	ROUSSEAU FRANCINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 467 2023: 1,369 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,279 (2012) → 1,369 (2023): 7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 897 (1990) → 1,369 (2023): 52.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 608, of which 1.8 % second homes and 2.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.7 km SEBakery — 1.9 km SEFood shop — 2.3 km SEPharmacy — 2.3 km SE 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 (Fontenay-le-Comte): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fontenay-le-Comte): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Fontenay-le-Comte): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Fontenay-le-Comte): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Longèves): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.3

Days at or below 0 °C 30.4

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

Measured at the FONTENAY weather station, 5.9 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 31 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 5.9 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 874 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FONTENAY LE COM, 4.8 km away at 35 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 — 85126/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85126/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85126/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85126/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85092
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85126
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
Brêmes	62	528 km N	1,324	24.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Durrenentzen	68	654 km E	1,062	26.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Béard-Géovreissiat	01	492 km E	1,048	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 9 % · humidity 86 %
Apach	57	631 km NE	1,072	24.6	Few services	no figures
Balinghem	62	528 km N	1,220	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Boisset-lès-Montrond	42	402 km E	1,212	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Boisset-lès-Montrond	42	402 km E	1,212	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Béard-Géovreissiat	01	492 km E	1,048	26.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 9 % · humidity 86 %
Brêmes	62	528 km N	1,324	24.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Balinghem	62	528 km N	1,220	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Apach	57	631 km NE	1,072	24.6	Few services	no figures
Durrenentzen	68	654 km E	1,062	26.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Longèves'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
Veyras	07	463 km SE	1,505	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Massongy	74	550 km E	1,770	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Loisin	74	549 km E	1,768	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-de-Ruan	37	139 km NE	1,214	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Brice	77	390 km NE	819	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Orival	76	343 km NE	818	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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