Les Pineaux

Vendée · CC Sud Vendée Littoral · INSEE 85175

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

Few services 32.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Pineaux (INSEE 85175) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Sud Vendée Littoral. 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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85175-les-pineaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.62

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE R.P.I.D MOUTIERS SUR LE LAY). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DES PINEAUX). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPICERIE SAMSON	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	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 PRIVEE R.P.I.D MOUTIERS SUR LE LAY	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DES PINEAUX	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 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: 509 2023: 688 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 608 (2012) → 688 (2023): 13.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 421 (1990) → 688 (2023): 63.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 317, of which 3.8 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.3 km NPharmacy — 4.3 km NBakery — 7.7 km SW 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 (Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais): 7.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Pineaux): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bournezeau): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bournezeau): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Les Pineaux): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.4

Days at or below 0 °C 38.9

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHANTONNAY weather station, 14.6 km away at 93 m; the village itself is at 55 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LA ROCHE SUR YON, 19.6 km away at 88 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAU-GUIBERT, 7.9 km away at 50 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 — 85175/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85175/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85175/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85175/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85135
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85175
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85034
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
Ruffigné	44	131 km N	702	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 97 %
Sainte-Sabine-sur-Longève	72	197 km NE	743	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 88 %
Le Tréhou	29	299 km NW	633	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Senantes	60	392 km NE	577	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
La Chaux	25	581 km E	614	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 24 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Simon-de-Bordes	17	145 km SE	762	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ruffigné	44	131 km N	702	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Simon-de-Bordes	17	145 km SE	762	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Sainte-Sabine-sur-Longève	72	197 km NE	743	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 88 %
Le Tréhou	29	299 km NW	633	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Senantes	60	392 km NE	577	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
La Chaux	25	581 km E	614	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 24 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Les Pineaux'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-Jean-d'Heurs	63	366 km E	703	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Monthoiron	86	138 km E	673	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Thurageau	86	110 km E	720	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Trois-Palis	16	143 km SE	944	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Sécheras	07	489 km E	516	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Diors	36	230 km E	756	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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