Saint-Gervais

Vendée · CC Challans-Gois Communauté · INSEE 85221

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

Partly served 44.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Gervais (INSEE 85221) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Challans-Gois Communauté. Population 2,781 (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/85221-saint-gervais

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 7,600 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	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.07

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (LE FOURNIL DE ST GERVAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEZ BAPTISTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (FOOD TRUCK L'AUTHENTIK). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES GUERNOVELLES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE BORDEVERT). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARINE LE ROY, MÉDECIN · MICHEL BOURIGAULT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-GERVAIS). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES PRIMEVERES). ^[3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (GALLAIS · COLORA'TIF). ^[3,4]

3 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING DE LA FRESNERIE · LE FIEF ANGIBAUD). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DE ST GERVAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CHEZ BAPTISTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	FOOD TRUCK L'AUTHENTIK	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES GUERNOVELLES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME DE BORDEVERT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	MARINE LE ROY, MÉDECIN · MICHEL BOURIGAULT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE VERHAEGHE	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-GERVAIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES PRIMEVERES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	3	GALLAIS · COLORA'TIF	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	3	CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING DE LA FRESNERIE · LE FIEF ANGIBAUD	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,415 2023: 2,781 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,382 (2012) → 2,781 (2023): 16.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,546 (1990) → 2,781 (2023): 79.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,532, of which 9.3 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 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 (Saint-Gervais): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Gervais): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Gervais): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Gervais): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Gervais): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.3

Days at or below 0 °C 24.4

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LE PERRIER weather station, 8.5 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 9 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LE PERRIER, 8.5 km away at 2 m, over 21 summers. ^[9]

An average of 843 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BEAUVOIR SUR MER, 3.4 km away at 10 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85221/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85221/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85221/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85221/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85221
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
Vallières-sur-Fier	74	618 km E	2,860	55.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %
Landas	59	556 km NE	2,518	49.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Châbons	38	594 km E	2,133	48.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 24 % · humidity 79 %
Magescq	40	353 km S	2,698	54.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 86 % · humidity 7 %
Méteren	59	548 km NE	2,231	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Précigné	72	159 km NE	2,877	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Précigné	72	159 km NE	2,877	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Magescq	40	353 km S	2,698	54.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 86 % · humidity 7 %
Méteren	59	548 km NE	2,231	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Landas	59	556 km NE	2,518	49.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Châbons	38	594 km E	2,133	48.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 24 % · humidity 79 %
Vallières-sur-Fier	74	618 km E	2,860	55.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %

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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-Gervais'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
Méteren	59	548 km NE	2,231	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Noyal-Muzillac	56	84 km NW	2,548	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Romagné	35	169 km N	2,438	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Léger-sous-Cholet	49	85 km E	3,106	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
L'Île-d'Olonne	85	41 km SE	2,802	64.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bourg-des-Comptes	35	116 km N	3,411	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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