Montournais

Vendée · CC du Pays de Pouzauges · INSEE 85147

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

Partly served 47.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montournais (INSEE 85147) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Pouzauges. Population 1,630 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 47.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 11,032 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.45	10	4.49
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.47

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE VERDON). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE EI HOLLEVILLE FLORENT). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA CANTINE DE ROGER · APEROLAND). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (IMPERIAL). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GEORGES BRASSENS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE ANNE DES PUYS). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ADELA SERBAN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU BOCAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTOURNAIS RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MONTOURNAIS). ^[3]

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

2 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE MONTOURNAIS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (ELODIE.D'COIFF · LE K'STUDIO COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE VERDON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE EI HOLLEVILLE FLORENT	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	LA CANTINE DE ROGER · APEROLAND	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	IMPERIAL	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GEORGES BRASSENS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE ANNE DES PUYS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ADELA SERBAN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU BOCAGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MONTOURNAIS RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MONTOURNAIS	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	2	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE MONTOURNAIS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	2	ELODIE.D'COIFF · LE K'STUDIO COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,782 2023: 1,630 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,710 (2012) → 1,630 (2023): -4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,717 (1990) → 1,630 (2023): -5.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 854, of which 5.3 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 5.9 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 (Montournais): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pouzauges): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montournais): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montournais): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montournais): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.3

Days at or below 0 °C 24.8

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the POUZAUGES SA weather station, 5.9 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 160 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at POUZAUGES SA, 5.9 km away at 153 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at POUZAUGES SA, 5.9 km away at 153 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 — 85147/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85147/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85147/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85147/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85147
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85182
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
Lasseube	64	392 km S	1,735	52	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Jean-des-Champs	50	238 km N	1,534	52.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 80 %
Ladoix-Serrigny	21	431 km E	1,770	46	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas	07	466 km SE	1,911	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Plouasne	22	197 km NW	1,798	51	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
Milly-sur-Thérain	60	369 km NE	1,922	48.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Plouasne	22	197 km NW	1,798	51	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Jean-des-Champs	50	238 km N	1,534	52.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 80 %
Milly-sur-Thérain	60	369 km NE	1,922	48.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Lasseube	64	392 km S	1,735	52	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
Ladoix-Serrigny	21	431 km E	1,770	46	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Lachapelle-sous-Aubenas	07	466 km SE	1,911	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 88 % · 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 Montournais'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
Chaillé-les-Marais	85	43 km SW	1,924	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Corsept	44	115 km NW	2,594	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Ercé-en-Lamée	35	135 km NW	1,566	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Grosbreuil	85	69 km W	2,221	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe	87	176 km SE	1,743	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Jumièges	76	322 km N	1,761	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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