Saint-Denis-du-Payré

Vendée · CC Sud Vendée Littoral · INSEE 85207

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

No daily shops 17.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Denis-du-Payré (INSEE 85207) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Sud Vendée Littoral. Population 434 (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/85207-saint-denis-du-payre

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 17,940 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.62	10	6.21
Housing mix	0.33	5	1.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE JULIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (O'BEAU LAURIER). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		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	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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	SAINT DENIS DU PAYRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	COIFFURE JULIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	O'BEAU LAURIER	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: 440 2023: 434 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 380 (2012) → 434 (2023): 14.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 387 (1990) → 434 (2023): 12.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 343, of which 33.5 % second homes and 2.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 4.3 km NGP — 5.3 km EFood shop — 5.6 km EPharmacy — 6.0 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 (Saint-Denis-du-Payré): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Triaize): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Triaize): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm): 6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Lairoux): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.2

Days at or below 0 °C 24.8

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the GRUES weather station, 8.2 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 21 m. ^[12]

An average of 743 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at GRUES, 8.2 km away at 2 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85207/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85207/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85207/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85207/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85207
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85297
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85255
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85117
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
Saint-Martin-Lars-en-Sainte-Hermine	85	30 km NE	419	17.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 81 %
Étrigny	71	465 km E	482	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 38 %
Lalaye	67	677 km E	481	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 49 %
Verrières	61	268 km NE	408	12	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 58 %
Le Vast	50	358 km N	321	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 81 %
Beaumont-en-Auge	14	335 km N	376	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martin-Lars-en-Sainte-Hermine	85	30 km NE	419	17.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 81 %
Verrières	61	268 km NE	408	12	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 58 %
Beaumont-en-Auge	14	335 km N	376	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 93 %
Le Vast	50	358 km N	321	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 81 %
Étrigny	71	465 km E	482	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 38 %
Lalaye	67	677 km E	481	17.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 49 %

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