Saint-Hilaire-de-Voust

Identity

Saint-Hilaire-de-Voust (INSEE 85229) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de la Châtaigneraie. Population 642 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/85229-saint-hilaire-de-voust

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 16,773 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VOTRE MARCHE). ^[4,3]

1 × Restaurant (LE LION D'OR). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST HILAIRE DE VOUST RP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-HILAIRE-DE-VOUST LATULU). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (LE MIROIR DE SARAH). ^[4,3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 661 (2012) → 642 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 666 (1990) → 642 (2023): -3.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 389, of which 11.3 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Busseau): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Hilaire-de-Voust): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (L'Absie): 7.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (L'Absie): 7.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Hilaire-de-Voust): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the FONTENAY weather station, 18.7 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 92 m. ^[11]

The village sits 72 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 18.7 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 72 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 916 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FOUSSAIS PAYRE, 5.7 km away at 100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85229/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85229/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85229/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85229/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79059
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 85229
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79001
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024