Sainte-Florence

Vendée · CC du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts · INSEE 85212

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

Few services 36.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Florence (INSEE 85212) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Saint-Fulgent - Les Essarts. Population 1,359 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85212-sainte-florence

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 12,310 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SNC LA FLORENTINE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (MIDI ET DEMI · AUBERGE DES 4 CHEMINS · CHITRA). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINTE-FLORENCE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF SAINTE FLORENCE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'EVEIL DES COULEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE SAINTE FLORENCE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SNC LA FLORENTINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	MIDI ET DEMI · AUBERGE DES 4 CHEMINS · CHITRA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINTE-FLORENCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF SAINTE FLORENCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	L'EVEIL DES COULEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	1	LE SAINTE FLORENCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 685 2023: 1,359 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,212 (2012) → 1,359 (2023): 12.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 730 (1990) → 1,359 (2023): 86.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 569, of which 3 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 1.8 km EPharmacy — 1.8 km EGP — 6.3 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 (L'Oie): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Florence): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Fulgent): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (L'Oie): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sainte-Florence): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 43

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 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-FULGENT_SAPC weather station, 6.2 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 100 m. ^[11]

An average of 817 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-FULGENT_SAPC, 6.2 km away at 62 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 — 85212/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85212/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85212/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85212/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85165
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85212
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85215
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
Péroy-les-Gombries	60	397 km NE	1,224	34	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 92 %
Montjean	53	135 km N	1,020	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 97 %
Cavanac	11	487 km SE	1,021	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 69 %
Castine-en-Plaine	14	263 km N	1,774	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 81 %
Goussainville	28	299 km NE	1,335	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Marpiré	35	150 km N	1,023	31.8	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montjean	53	135 km N	1,020	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 97 %
Marpiré	35	150 km N	1,023	31.8	Few services	no figures
Castine-en-Plaine	14	263 km N	1,774	31.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 81 %
Goussainville	28	299 km NE	1,335	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Péroy-les-Gombries	60	397 km NE	1,224	34	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 92 %
Cavanac	11	487 km SE	1,021	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 69 %

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Elsewhere

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