Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron

Vendée · CC Challans-Gois Communauté · INSEE 85204

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

Partly served 53.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron (INSEE 85204) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Challans-Gois Communauté. Population 2,727 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85204-saint-christophe-du-ligneron

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 7,739 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	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU MILLE PATES). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (PIZZA FRANCINE · TOTAL ENERGIE · LE SAINT CHRISTOPHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LES 400 LAPINS). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L' ARC EN CIEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PASCAL PETIT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE ST CHRISTOPHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT CHRISTOPHE DU LIGNERON AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIO'TOPHE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (LE SALON · HAIR DE PLAIRE · MARGOT COIFFURE · HAIR'BOCAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING PARADIS DOMAINE DE BELLEVUE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU MILLE PATES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	PIZZA FRANCINE · TOTAL ENERGIE · LE SAINT CHRISTOPHE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LES 400 LAPINS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L' ARC EN CIEL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PASCAL PETIT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE ST CHRISTOPHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT CHRISTOPHE DU LIGNERON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIO'TOPHE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE OMNISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	7	LE SALON · HAIR DE PLAIRE · MARGOT COIFFURE · HAIR'BOCAGE	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING PARADIS DOMAINE DE BELLEVUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday le samedi matin Place de la Mairie. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,407 2023: 2,727 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,522 (2012) → 2,727 (2023): 8.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,434 (1990) → 2,727 (2023): 90.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,277, of which 2.9 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.5 km N 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 (Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.3

Days at or below 0 °C 36.3

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PALLUAU weather station, 12.6 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 54 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE PERRIER, 18.1 km away at 2 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 52 m below 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 873 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST CHRISTOPHE, 1.1 km away at 62 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85204/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.saint-christophe-du-ligneron.fr/ma-ville/le-territoire/— “accueillant le marché le samedi matin”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85204/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85204/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85204/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85204
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
Sallebœuf	33	244 km SE	2,767	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Magné	79	109 km SE	2,728	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bécon-les-Granits	49	105 km NE	2,811	60.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Châtaigneraie	85	80 km E	2,600	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Rieux	56	90 km N	2,856	52.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Plerguer	35	190 km N	2,895	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Châtaigneraie	85	80 km E	2,600	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Rieux	56	90 km N	2,856	52.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bécon-les-Granits	49	105 km NE	2,811	60.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Magné	79	109 km SE	2,728	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Plerguer	35	190 km N	2,895	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sallebœuf	33	244 km SE	2,767	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron'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
Magné	79	109 km SE	2,728	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Châtaigneraie	85	80 km E	2,600	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Martigné-Ferchaud	35	117 km N	2,688	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Argentré	53	164 km NE	2,906	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Port-Saint-Père	44	35 km N	3,059	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Le Boupère	85	64 km E	3,151	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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