La Rabatelière

Vendée · CC du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts · INSEE 85186

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

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

Identity

La Rabatelière (INSEE 85186) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts. Population 1,024 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/85186-la-rabateliere

Vitality score

Vitality score 30/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 14,153 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.95	10	9.46
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (RESIDENCE DU PARC · TEAM RESTO). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE LA SALETTE). ^[4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA RABATELIÈRE). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (MECHE EN L'HAIR). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2	RESIDENCE DU PARC · TEAM RESTO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE LA SALETTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA RABATELIÈRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	MECHE EN L'HAIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 603 2023: 1,024 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 920 (2012) → 1,024 (2023): 11.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 708 (1990) → 1,024 (2023): 44.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 452, of which 1.5 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.1 km WGP — 3.4 km NBakery — 3.6 km NPharmacy — 3.7 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 (Chavagnes-en-Paillers): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chavagnes-en-Paillers): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chavagnes-en-Paillers): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chauché): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Rabatelière): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 43

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-FULGENT_SAPC weather station, 5.8 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 65 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, 19.8 km away at 88 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 868 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT FULGENT, 5.3 km away at 82 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

67 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 176,000 € — 1,799 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Vendée is 2,125 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85186/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85186/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85186/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85186/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85065
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85064
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85186
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Torvilliers	10	423 km NE	1,028	26.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Montracol	01	494 km E	1,018	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Dieudonné	60	371 km NE	987	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-Bellenger	27	319 km NE	1,056	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Yèbles	77	360 km NE	980	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
L'Hôpital-le-Grand	42	443 km E	1,053	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fontaine-Bellenger	27	319 km NE	1,056	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Yèbles	77	360 km NE	980	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Dieudonné	60	371 km NE	987	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Torvilliers	10	423 km NE	1,028	26.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
L'Hôpital-le-Grand	42	443 km E	1,053	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Montracol	01	494 km E	1,018	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · 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 La Rabatelière'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
Villefargeau	89	373 km E	1,098	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Berneuil-sur-Aisne	60	425 km NE	912	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-la-Garenne	78	327 km NE	942	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Marcé	49	106 km NE	843	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Montjean	53	129 km N	1,020	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Hargarten-aux-Mines	57	641 km NE	1,073	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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