L'Orbrie

Vendée · CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée · INSEE 85167

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

Few services 39.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

L'Orbrie (INSEE 85167) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée. Population 808 (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 39.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 15,588 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.65	10	6.54
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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) (GUITTON LA LUTINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCOIS MOURAD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE CLOD'ARIA). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	GUITTON LA LUTINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU PARC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	FRANCOIS MOURAD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE CLOD'ARIA	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 465 peak 2007: 825 2023: 808 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 809 (2012) → 808 (2023): -0.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 700 (1990) → 808 (2023): 15.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 446, of which 4.9 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.8 km NWPharmacy — 2.3 km SWFood shop — 2.4 km S 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 (Pissotte): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fontenay-le-Comte): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (L'Orbrie): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Fontenay-le-Comte): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (L'Orbrie): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the FONTENAY weather station, 4.6 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 32 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 4.6 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 874 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FONTENAY LE COM, 2.4 km away at 35 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 — 85167/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85167/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85167/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85167/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85176
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85092
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85167
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
Granges-les-Beaumont	26	475 km E	949	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Lavoûte-sur-Loire	43	394 km E	805	42.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-du-Bois	72	219 km NE	768	36.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
La Brosse-Montceaux	77	353 km NE	776	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Badens	11	447 km SE	749	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 88 % · humidity 36 %
Fontet	33	223 km S	746	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Chapelle-du-Bois	72	219 km NE	768	36.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Fontet	33	223 km S	746	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 57 %
La Brosse-Montceaux	77	353 km NE	776	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lavoûte-sur-Loire	43	394 km E	805	42.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 47 % · humidity 86 %
Badens	11	447 km SE	749	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 88 % · humidity 36 %
Granges-les-Beaumont	26	475 km E	949	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · 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 L'Orbrie'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 Brosse-Montceaux	77	353 km NE	776	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Trébons	65	384 km S	760	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Louresse-Rochemenier	49	91 km NE	896	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Marigny	79	43 km SE	902	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Charnas	07	447 km E	925	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Denis-sur-Loire	41	208 km NE	904	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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