Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 45.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne (INSEE 85129) is in Vendée (85), part of CC de Vie et Boulogne. Population 3,701 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85129-les-lucs-sur-boulogne
Vitality score
Vitality score 45.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 34 % of the 6,007 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 | 0.2 | 25 | 5.12 |
| Social | 0.59 | 20 | 11.7 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.31 | 10 | 3.07 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.91 | 10 | 9.08 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.74 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SYLEMMA). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). [3,4]
6 × Restaurant (PANDA VIET · AUBERGE DU LAC · AUTHENTIC'S BURGER · FAMILY PIZZAS). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE BARAKOI). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JACQUES PREVERT). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE PRIVEE MATERNELLE SAINT PIERRE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE-SOPHIE MOLITOR, MÉDECIN · JULIETTE CASSAGNAU, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE TOUZALIN). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LES LUCS SUR BOULOGNE RP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DES LUCS-SUR-BOULOGNE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (PARC DES SPORTS DES NOISELIERES). [3]
1 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (PARTEN' HAIR BEAUTE · MARINE COIFFURE · STUDIO CARLEN). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING VAL DE BOULOGNE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | SYLEMMA | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 1 | CARREFOUR CONTACT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 6 | PANDA VIET · AUBERGE DU LAC · AUTHENTIC'S BURGER · FAMILY PIZZAS | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE BARAKOI | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JACQUES PREVERT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE PRIVEE MATERNELLE SAINT PIERRE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | MARIE-SOPHIE MOLITOR, MÉDECIN · JULIETTE CASSAGNAU, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE TOUZALIN | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LES LUCS SUR BOULOGNE RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DES LUCS-SUR-BOULOGNE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | PARC DES SPORTS DES NOISELIERES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 4 | PARTEN' HAIR BEAUTE · MARINE COIFFURE · STUDIO CARLEN | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING VAL DE BOULOGNE | 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
Population 3,315 (2012) → 3,701 (2023): 11.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,629 (1990) → 3,701 (2023): 40.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,652, of which 2.6 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne): 0.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Étienne-du-Bois): 7.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the PALLUAU weather station, 8.7 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 69 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LA ROCHE SUR YON, 17.8 km away at 88 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 922 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at PALLUAU, 8.7 km away at 51 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
223 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 185,000 € — 1,807 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Vendée is 2,125 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
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 — 85129/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85129/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85129/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85129/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 85129
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 85210
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masevaux-Niederbruck | 68 | 648 km E | 3,594 | 55.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rocheservière | 85 | 10 km N | 3,594 | 45.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 99 % |
| Saint-Évarzec | 29 | 226 km NW | 3,574 | 47.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Tulle | 04 | 662 km SE | 3,558 | 46.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Bazoge | 72 | 187 km NE | 3,796 | 39.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Savin | 33 | 206 km SE | 3,582 | 40 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocheservière | 85 | 10 km N | 3,594 | 45.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 99 % |
| La Bazoge | 72 | 187 km NE | 3,796 | 39.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Savin | 33 | 206 km SE | 3,582 | 40 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Évarzec | 29 | 226 km NW | 3,574 | 47.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Masevaux-Niederbruck | 68 | 648 km E | 3,594 | 55.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Tulle | 04 | 662 km SE | 3,558 | 46.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 61 % · 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 Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cérans-Foulletourte | 72 | 161 km NE | 3,341 | 40.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Louverné | 53 | 154 km N | 4,344 | 46.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Monnaie | 37 | 187 km NE | 4,833 | 46.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin | 18 | 291 km E | 3,681 | 45.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Loire | 49 | 84 km NE | 3,836 | 54.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mouilleron-le-Captif | 85 | 14 km S | 5,273 | 45.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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