Poiroux

Vendée · CC Vendée Grand Littoral · INSEE 85179

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

Few services 37.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Poiroux (INSEE 85179) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Vendée Grand Littoral. Population 1,246 (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/85179-poiroux

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 12,988 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	0.39	25	9.75
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.6	5	2.98

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 0 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. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN DE MARCEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (API POIROUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA SOURCE). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU POIROUX). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (STYL'ISA). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA TONG). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	3	LE PAIN DE MARCEL	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	API POIROUX	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA SOURCE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES PETITS PERUSIENS	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 DU POIROUX	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	2	STYL'ISA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LA TONG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 630 2023: 1,246 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 947 (2012) → 1,246 (2023): 31.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 585 (1990) → 1,246 (2023): 113 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 697, of which 20.2 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 0.6 km SBakery — 0.9 km SWPharmacy — 4.8 km SEGP — 4.9 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 (Poiroux): 0.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Poiroux): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Avrillé): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Avrillé): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Poiroux): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.8

Days at or below 0 °C 32.3

Muggy days a summer 3.1

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ANGLES weather station, 14.6 km away at 10 m; the village itself is at 37 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CHATEAU-D'OLONNE, 15 km away at 27 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 874 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ANGLES, 14.6 km away at 10 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 — 85179/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85179/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85179/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85179/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85179
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85010
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
Lunay	41	235 km NE	1,272	32	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Job	63	419 km E	1,016	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Barthélemy	56	195 km NW	1,197	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Ponchon	60	421 km NE	1,163	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Noyal	22	227 km N	985	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Landeleau	29	253 km NW	993	44.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Barthélemy	56	195 km NW	1,197	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Noyal	22	227 km N	985	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Lunay	41	235 km NE	1,272	32	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Landeleau	29	253 km NW	993	44.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Job	63	419 km E	1,016	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Ponchon	60	421 km NE	1,163	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 72 % · 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 Poiroux'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-Avaugourd-des-Landes	85	3.9 km E	1,213	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Asnières-sur-Nouère	16	151 km SE	1,272	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Mensignac	24	216 km SE	1,521	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire	85	49 km E	1,100	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt	85	6.4 km S	846	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Léguillac-de-l'Auche	24	219 km SE	968	55.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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