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Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges

Vendée · CC Vendée, Sèvre, Autise · INSEE 85227

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

Partly served 54.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges (INSEE 85227) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Vendée, Sèvre, Autise. Population 1,917 (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/85227-saint-hilaire-des-loges

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 9,877 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.552513.81
Social0.592011.7
Education0.63106.32
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.6106
Housing mix0.8954.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 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) (BOULANGERIE MARIE ET VIVIEN). [3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CAQUINEAU). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL · PAS PAR HASARD). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE SAINT HILAIRE - CAFE DES SPORTS · LE SAINT HILAIRE). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE PUBLIC JACQUES CHARPENTREAU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT LOUIS). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE F.ET I.JOLIOT-CURIE). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES HALLES). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT HILAIRE DES LOGES AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF · COLLEGE FREDERIC IRENE JOLIOT CURIE). [3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CLCA). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE A DOMICILE · LD COIFF' · LE HOME 5). [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1BOULANGERIE MARIE ET VIVIENINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)2BOUCHERIE CAQUINEAUINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2VIVAL · PAS PAR HASARDINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar3LE SAINT HILAIRE - CAFE DES SPORTS · LE SAINT HILAIREINSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2GROUPE SCOLAIRE PUBLIC JACQUES CHARPENTREAU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT LOUISINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE F.ET I.JOLIOT-CURIEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DES HALLESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1SAINT HILAIRE DES LOGES APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall2COMPLEXE SPORTIF · COLLEGE FREDERIC IRENE JOLIOT CURIEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank2CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CLCAINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser3COIFFURE A DOMICILE · LD COIFF' · LE HOME 5INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 1,581 peak 2012: 1,965 2023: 1,917 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,965 (2012) → 1,917 (2023): -2.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,742 (1990) → 1,917 (2023): 10 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 972, of which 5.7 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 5.2 km E (Coulonges-sur-l'Autize)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 5.2 km E 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-Hilaire-des-Loges): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Coulonges-sur-l'Autize): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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

Measured at the FONTENAY weather station, 9.2 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 51 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 9.2 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. [10]

An average of 916 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at FOUSSAIS PAYRE, 7.5 km away at 100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85227/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85227/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85227/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85227/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 85227
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79101
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vix8519 km SW1,83547.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mametz62512 km NE1,97344.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Pierrefonds60419 km NE1,87760.8ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Reugny37163 km NE1,75951.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Luitré-Dompierre35204 km N1,86845.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 96 %
Champier38474 km E1,58254.7Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vix8519 km SW1,83547.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Reugny37163 km NE1,75951.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Luitré-Dompierre35204 km N1,86845.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 96 %
Pierrefonds60419 km NE1,87760.8ServedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Champier38474 km E1,58254.7Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 %
Mametz62512 km NE1,97344.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Hilaire-des-Loges'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vix8519 km SW1,83547.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Reugny37163 km NE1,75951.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Nalliers8528 km W2,38958.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Peaugres07438 km E2,38562.6ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
L'Île-d'Elle8527 km SW1,50241.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Cherveux7924 km E1,88550.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %