Petosse

Vendée · CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée · INSEE 85174

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 24.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Petosse (INSEE 85174) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée. Population 688 (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 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 16,444 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES CHATS FERRES). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES CHATS FERRES	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 423 peak 2017: 706 2023: 688 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 638 (2012) → 688 (2023): 7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 432 (1990) → 688 (2023): 59.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 320, of which 3.1 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km NGP — 4.1 km NBakery — 4.3 km NPharmacy — 4.3 km N 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 (L'Hermenault): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (L'Hermenault): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (L'Hermenault): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (L'Hermenault): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Petosse): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the FONTENAY weather station, 10.6 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 42 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 10.6 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 874 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FONTENAY LE COM, 9.9 km away at 35 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 — 85174/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85174/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85174/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85174/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85110
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85174
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
Saint-Waast	59	547 km NE	686	20	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 73 %
Hautot-Saint-Sulpice	76	376 km N	688	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Pernant	02	446 km NE	682	19.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 77 %
Varambon	01	481 km E	675	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Gabaston	64	351 km S	673	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Varenne-Saint-Germain	71	378 km E	684	23.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gabaston	64	351 km S	673	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 %
Hautot-Saint-Sulpice	76	376 km N	688	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Varenne-Saint-Germain	71	378 km E	684	23.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Pernant	02	446 km NE	682	19.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 77 %
Varambon	01	481 km E	675	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Waast	59	547 km NE	686	20	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 73 %

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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 Petosse'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
Saint-Biez-en-Belin	72	173 km NE	710	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Faye-sur-Ardin	79	31 km E	667	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Romans	79	54 km E	690	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Marcillé	79	68 km SE	725	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Crotelles	37	177 km NE	649	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Épieds	49	99 km NE	711	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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