Rochetrejoux

Vendée · CC Pays de Chantonnay · INSEE 85192

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

Few services 34.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rochetrejoux (INSEE 85192) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Pays de Chantonnay. Population 983 (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/85192-rochetrejoux

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 14,416 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	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.78	10	7.83
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

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 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MIE DE LA PAIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LE VIEUX TILLEUL). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ROCHETREJOUX AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE ROCHETREJOUX). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (ESTELLE COIFFURE · CATHYF). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA MIE DE LA PAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LE VIEUX TILLEUL	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	ROCHETREJOUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE ROCHETREJOUX	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	ESTELLE COIFFURE · CATHYF	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 689 2023: 983 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 897 (2012) → 983 (2023): 9.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 766 (1990) → 983 (2023): 28.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 450, of which 2.9 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.9 km WPharmacy — 5.0 km WGP — 5.2 km W 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 (Rochetrejoux): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mouchamps): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mouchamps): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Mouchamps): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Rochetrejoux): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.3

Days at or below 0 °C 30.5

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MOUCHAMPS_SAPC weather station, 4.8 km away at 82 m; the village itself is at 100 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at POUZAUGES SA, 13 km away at 153 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 53 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 807 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MOUCHAMPS_SAPC, 4.8 km away at 82 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 — 85192/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85192/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85192/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85192/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85192
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85153
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
Lussat	63	340 km E	949	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Treffieux	44	101 km NW	996	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 %
Farges-en-Septaine	18	279 km E	1,023	29.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Didier-d'Aussiat	01	466 km E	843	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 57 %
Prat	22	271 km NW	1,078	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Escatalens	82	356 km SE	1,148	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Treffieux	44	101 km NW	996	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 %
Prat	22	271 km NW	1,078	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Farges-en-Septaine	18	279 km E	1,023	29.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Lussat	63	340 km E	949	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Escatalens	82	356 km SE	1,148	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Didier-d'Aussiat	01	466 km E	843	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 57 %

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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 Rochetrejoux'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
Cheffois	85	21 km SE	1,009	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Gonaguet	24	213 km SE	1,049	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Le Pin	79	27 km E	1,091	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Ménil	53	112 km N	923	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Marçay	86	101 km E	1,107	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Boismé	79	43 km E	1,176	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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