Mouchamps

Vendée · CC du Pays des Herbiers · INSEE 85153

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

Partly served 40.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mouchamps (INSEE 85153) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays des Herbiers. Population 3,015 (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/85153-mouchamps

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 7,089 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	0.28	25	6.97
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.22	10	2.21
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.76	10	7.57
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 3 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) (BOISSEAU · LA COLLINE DES HAUTS BOCAGES VENDEENS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (LE CANOTIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE BAR DES MOULINS · AU BON ACCUEIL). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE GUILBAUD · ECOLE PRIVEE MATERNELLE NOTRE-DAME). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CAMELIA MANSOUR, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DE MOUCHAMPS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MOUCHAMPS BIBLIOTHÈQUE LES QUATRE SAISONS DU LIVRE). ^[3]

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

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

3 × Hairdresser (BERENGERE COIFFURE · UN TEMPS POUT PL'HAIR). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Campsite (LE HAMEAU DU PETIT LAY). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOISSEAU · LA COLLINE DES HAUTS BOCAGES VENDEENS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	S.D.M	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	LE CANOTIER	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE BAR DES MOULINS · AU BON ACCUEIL	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE GUILBAUD · ECOLE PRIVEE MATERNELLE NOTRE-DAME	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CAMELIA MANSOUR, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DE MOUCHAMPS	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	MOUCHAMPS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MOUCHAMPS BIBLIOTHÈQUE LES QUATRE SAISONS DU LIVRE	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 MOUCHAMPS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	3	BERENGERE COIFFURE · UN TEMPS POUT PL'HAIR	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	LE HAMEAU DU PETIT LAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday 8h30 à 12h place CLEMENCEAU. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,434 2023: 3,015 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,811 (2012) → 3,015 (2023): 7.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,398 (1990) → 3,015 (2023): 25.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,404, of which 3.2 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Mouchamps): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Mouchamps): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mouchamps): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Mouchamps): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mouchamps): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.3

Days at or below 0 °C 30.5

Muggy days a summer 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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MOUCHAMPS_SAPC weather station, 1.4 km away at 82 m; the village itself is at 97 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at POUZAUGES SA, 17.8 km away at 153 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 56 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 822 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MOUCHAMPS, 1.4 km away at 77 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85153/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.mouchamps.com/le-marche/— “Chaque vendredi de 8h30 à 12h, les commerçants de Mouchamps vous accueillent au marché.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85153/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85153/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85153/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85153
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
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray	56	176 km NW	2,889	72.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Chauvé	44	81 km NW	3,070	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 82 %
Briollay	49	97 km NE	3,225	45.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
La Planche	44	39 km NW	2,810	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Jarzé Villages	49	107 km NE	2,798	58.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Thurins	69	455 km E	3,404	49	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Planche	44	39 km NW	2,810	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chauvé	44	81 km NW	3,070	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 82 %
Briollay	49	97 km NE	3,225	45.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Jarzé Villages	49	107 km NE	2,798	58.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray	56	176 km NW	2,889	72.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Thurins	69	455 km E	3,404	49	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Mouchamps'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
La Planche	44	39 km NW	2,810	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Peaugres	07	477 km E	2,385	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Terranjou	49	72 km NE	3,871	59	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Nalliers	85	34 km S	2,389	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Nesmy	85	33 km SW	3,100	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Teloché	72	159 km NE	3,067	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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