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Saint-Cyr-en-Talmondais

Vendée · CC Vendée Grand Littoral · INSEE 85206

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

Few services 21.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Cyr-en-Talmondais (INSEE 85206) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Vendée Grand Littoral. Population 403 (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/85206-saint-cyr-en-talmondais

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 17,998 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.97109.71
Housing mix0.0750.37

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE PARADIS). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-CYR-EN-TALMONDAIS). [4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING L'ARDILLIER). [4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Café / bar1LE PARADISINSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-CYR-EN-TALMONDAISINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Campsite1CAMPING L'ARDILLIERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 329 2023: 403 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 350 (2012) → 403 (2023): 15.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 274 (1990) → 403 (2023): 47.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 406, of which 46.3 % second homes and 1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.2 km SE (Curzon)Bakery — 5.2 km E (Lairoux)Food shop — 6.1 km N (Le Champ-Saint-Père)GP — 7.5 km SW (Angles)Pharmacy — 7.5 km SW (Angles)
Primary school — 2.2 km SEBakery — 5.2 km EFood shop — 6.1 km NGP — 7.5 km SWPharmacy — 7.5 km SW 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 (Lairoux): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Le Champ-Saint-Père): 6.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Angles): 7.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Angles): 7.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Curzon): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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. [12]

Measured at the ANGLES weather station, 7.4 km away at 10 m; the village itself is at 34 m. [12]

An average of 874 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at ANGLES, 7.4 km away at 10 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85206/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85206/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85206/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85206/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 85117
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 85050
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 85004
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 85077
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Point-Lac25584 km E30622Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 0 %
Bretteville-sur-Ay50312 km N44423.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 76 %
Saint-Benoist-sur-Mer854.0 km S51522.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Jarrier73607 km E50625Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 0 %
Faucon-de-Barcelonnette04666 km E29519.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 0 %
La Souche07477 km SE38528.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Benoist-sur-Mer854.0 km S51522.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Bretteville-sur-Ay50312 km N44423.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 76 %
La Souche07477 km SE38528.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 86 %
Saint-Point-Lac25584 km E30622Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 0 %
Jarrier73607 km E50625Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 0 %
Faucon-de-Barcelonnette04666 km E29519.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 0 %

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