Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse

Vendée · CC de Vie et Boulogne · INSEE 85208

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

Partly served 41.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse (INSEE 85208) is in Vendée (85), part of CC de Vie et Boulogne. Population 2,419 (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/85208-saint-denis-la-chevasse

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 8,432 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON GEFFARD). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SPAR SAINT DENIS LA CHEVASSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CHARLES PERRAULT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE-DAME). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CHEVALIER). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT DENIS LA CHEVASSE LPR RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINT-DENIS-LA-CHEVASSE). ^[3]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (BRETIN ANNE-VALERIE · INS'TANT POUR SOI). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MAISON GEFFARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SPAR SAINT DENIS LA CHEVASSE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CHARLES PERRAULT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE-DAME	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE CHEVALIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT DENIS LA CHEVASSE LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINT-DENIS-LA-CHEVASSE	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	2	BRETIN ANNE-VALERIE · INS'TANT POUR SOI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,548 2023: 2,419 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,209 (2012) → 2,419 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,543 (1990) → 2,419 (2023): 56.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,056, of which 2.7 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, Pharmacy Food shop — 3.2 km NGP — 6.8 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 (Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Copechagnière): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bellevigny): 6.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Denis-la-Chevasse): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.9

Days at or below 0 °C 32.6

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LA ROCHE SUR YON weather station, 13.1 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 64 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, 13.1 km away at 88 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LA ROCHE SUR YON, 13.1 km away at 88 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85208/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85208/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85208/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85208/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85208
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85072
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85019
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
La Boissière-de-Montaigu	85	19 km NE	2,311	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Martin-des-Noyers	85	18 km SE	2,560	49.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-du-Bois	85	18 km W	2,311	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Brette-les-Pins	72	176 km NE	2,131	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Marcilly-en-Villette	45	276 km NE	2,180	43.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 66 %
Montreuil-le-Gast	35	161 km N	2,080	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martin-des-Noyers	85	18 km SE	2,560	49.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-du-Bois	85	18 km W	2,311	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
La Boissière-de-Montaigu	85	19 km NE	2,311	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Montreuil-le-Gast	35	161 km N	2,080	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Brette-les-Pins	72	176 km NE	2,131	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Marcilly-en-Villette	45	276 km NE	2,180	43.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 66 %

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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-Denis-la-Chevasse'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
Brette-les-Pins	72	176 km NE	2,131	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Montreuil-le-Gast	35	161 km N	2,080	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Romagne	49	37 km NE	2,028	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-des-Landes	85	34 km SW	2,085	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons	44	49 km NW	2,422	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche	85	25 km SW	2,421	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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