Maché

Vendée · CC de Vie et Boulogne · INSEE 85130

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

Partly served 41.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Maché (INSEE 85130) is in Vendée (85), part of CC de Vie et Boulogne. Population 1,831 (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/85130-mache

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 10,191 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BISCUITERIE VENDEENNE · LES DOUCEURS DU LAC). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (PIZZA RICHARD FILS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MACHÉ). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

3 × Campsite (LA RESIDENCE DU LAC · CAMPING A L'ANNEE · CAMPING LE VAL DE VIE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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)	2	BISCUITERIE VENDEENNE · LES DOUCEURS DU LAC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1	PIZZA RICHARD FILS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	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	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MACHÉ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	3	LA RESIDENCE DU LAC · CAMPING A L'ANNEE · CAMPING LE VAL DE VIE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 740 2023: 1,831 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,303 (2012) → 1,831 (2023): 40.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 899 (1990) → 1,831 (2023): 103.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 930, of which 10.6 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 4.3 km WGP — 5.7 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 (Maché): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Maché): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Aizenay): 5.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Apremont): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Maché): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.3

Days at or below 0 °C 36.3

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PALLUAU weather station, 8.9 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 40 m. ^[11]

An average of 922 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PALLUAU, 8.9 km away at 51 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 — 85130/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85130/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85130/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85130/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85130
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85003
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85006
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
Québriac	35	177 km N	1,588	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Senoux	35	128 km N	1,863	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 86 %
Bray-Saint-Aignan	45	328 km NE	1,803	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Pédernec	22	237 km NW	1,893	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
Moustoir-Ac	56	150 km NW	1,775	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 96 %
Paimpont	35	145 km N	1,772	54.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 72 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Senoux	35	128 km N	1,863	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 86 %
Paimpont	35	145 km N	1,772	54.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 72 %
Moustoir-Ac	56	150 km NW	1,775	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 96 %
Québriac	35	177 km N	1,588	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 93 %
Pédernec	22	237 km NW	1,893	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
Bray-Saint-Aignan	45	328 km NE	1,803	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %

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