Saint-Germain-de-Prinçay

Vendée · CC Pays de Chantonnay · INSEE 85220

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

Few services 33.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-de-Prinçay (INSEE 85220) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Pays de Chantonnay. Population 1,640 (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/85220-saint-germain-de-princay

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 10,966 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.68	10	6.82
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MIE DE LA PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA STATION). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT MICHEL). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE CANDAIS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE OUVRARD). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT GERMAIN DE PRINCAY AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-GERMAIN-DE-PRINÇAY). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (ICARE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA MIE DE LA PAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	LA STATION	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT MICHEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PHILIPPE CANDAIS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE OUVRARD	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 GERMAIN DE PRINCAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-GERMAIN-DE-PRINÇAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	ICARE	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		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: 911 2023: 1,640 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,509 (2012) → 1,640 (2023): 8.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,388 (1990) → 1,640 (2023): 18.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 748, of which 3.7 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 2.9 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-Germain-de-Prinçay): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chantonnay): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Germain-de-Prinçay): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-de-Prinçay): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Germain-de-Prinçay): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.4

Days at or below 0 °C 38.9

Muggy days a summer 3.1

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHANTONNAY weather station, 3.7 km away at 93 m; the village itself is at 76 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at POUZAUGES SA, 15.3 km away at 153 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 77 m above 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 895 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHANTONNAY, 3.7 km away at 93 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85220/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85220/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85220/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85220/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85220
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85051
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
Sermaises	45	299 km NE	1,709	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Goetzenbruck	57	675 km NE	1,484	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 14 % · humidity 79 %
Lamanon	13	584 km SE	2,097	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Hundling	57	652 km NE	1,339	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
Voulx	77	346 km NE	1,626	45.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Pontcarré	77	362 km NE	2,136	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sermaises	45	299 km NE	1,709	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Voulx	77	346 km NE	1,626	45.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Pontcarré	77	362 km NE	2,136	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Lamanon	13	584 km SE	2,097	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Hundling	57	652 km NE	1,339	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 49 % · humidity 86 %
Goetzenbruck	57	675 km NE	1,484	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 14 % · humidity 79 %

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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-Germain-de-Prinçay'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
Véron	89	361 km NE	1,849	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Symphorien	79	65 km SE	1,983	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Fors	79	72 km SE	1,780	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Moncourt-Fromonville	77	330 km NE	1,891	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Mothern	67	727 km NE	1,939	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Beaulieu-sur-Layon	49	73 km NE	1,345	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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