Les Velluire-sur-Vendée

Vendée · CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée · INSEE 85177

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

Few services 34.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Velluire-sur-Vendée (INSEE 85177) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée. Population 1,358 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Velluire (85299). ^[3]

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/85177-les-velluire-sur-vendee

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 12,309 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.65	10	6.51
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE BRIOCHE LA GAUTRONETTE). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar. ^[5]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUIS ARAGON · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE ROBUCHON). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VELLUIRE AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DES VELLUIRE-SUR-VENDÉE L'ATELIER DES MOTS). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (HAIR FM). ^[4,5]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE LA RIVIÈRE). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Fishmonger.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE BRIOCHE LA GAUTRONETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUIS ARAGON · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE ROBUCHON	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	VELLUIRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DES VELLUIRE-SUR-VENDÉE L'ATELIER DES MOTS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	HAIR FM	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	1	AUBERGE DE LA RIVIÈRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,132 peak 2017: 1,381 2023: 1,358 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,262 (2012) → 1,358 (2023): 7.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,180 (1990) → 1,358 (2023): 15.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 745, of which 10.3 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.8 km SBakery — 1.0 km SEGP — 5.0 km SWPharmacy — 6.1 km SE 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 (Les Velluire-sur-Vendée): 1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Les Velluire-sur-Vendée): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Gué-de-Velluire): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vix): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Les Velluire-sur-Vendée): 0 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. ^[12]

Measured at the FONTENAY weather station, 9.8 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 7 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 9.8 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

An average of 826 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at FONTENAY, 9.8 km away at 20 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85177/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85177/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85177/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85177/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85177
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85105
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85303
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-Aubin-des-Ormeaux	85	66 km N	1,394	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 86 %
La Chapelle-Chaussée	35	219 km N	1,298	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Ouzouer-sur-Trézée	45	314 km NE	1,125	31	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 66 %
Brue-Auriac	83	626 km SE	1,463	45.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Mézières-en-Drouais	28	311 km NE	1,059	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Méral	53	172 km N	1,053	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Aubin-des-Ormeaux	85	66 km N	1,394	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 86 %
Méral	53	172 km N	1,053	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Chaussée	35	219 km N	1,298	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mézières-en-Drouais	28	311 km NE	1,059	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Ouzouer-sur-Trézée	45	314 km NE	1,125	31	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 66 %
Brue-Auriac	83	626 km SE	1,463	45.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · 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 Les Velluire-sur-Vendée'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
Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin	85	9.0 km NW	1,233	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Clément-des-Levées	49	116 km NE	1,128	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bouère	53	165 km N	1,058	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Brette-les-Pins	72	191 km NE	2,131	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Vaudelnay	49	96 km NE	1,122	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villeperdue	37	146 km NE	1,126	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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