Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt

Vendée · CC Vendée Grand Littoral · INSEE 85231

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

Partly served 44.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt (INSEE 85231) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Vendée Grand Littoral. Population 846 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 44.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 15,322 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.45	5	2.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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) (LUC'S PATISSERIE). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GARRIVIER 3 M). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE SNOOKER BAR · BAR DE LA FORET). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE LA FORET). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING PARADIS LA GRAND' MÉTAIRIE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LUC'S PATISSERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	GARRIVIER 3 M	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE SNOOKER BAR · BAR DE LA FORET	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE LA FORET	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	CAMPING PARADIS LA GRAND' MÉTAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 266 2023: 846 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 755 (2012) → 846 (2023): 12.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 363 (1990) → 846 (2023): 133.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 627, of which 27.6 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 3.4 km NEGP — 3.5 km NE 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-la-Forêt): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Avrillé): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Avrillé): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Hilaire-la-Forêt): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.8

Days at or below 0 °C 32.3

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ANGLES weather station, 10.3 km away at 10 m; the village itself is at 18 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CHATEAU-D'OLONNE, 15.7 km away at 27 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 874 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ANGLES, 10.3 km away at 10 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 — 85231/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85231/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85231/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85231/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85231
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85010
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
Montbouy	45	364 km NE	725	38.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Hudimesnil	50	269 km N	928	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 96 %
Marcilly-en-Gault	41	282 km NE	754	38.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Pressagny-l'Orgueilleux	27	372 km NE	686	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Palluau-sur-Indre	36	224 km E	785	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-en-Port	76	402 km N	826	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 81 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Palluau-sur-Indre	36	224 km E	785	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Hudimesnil	50	269 km N	928	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 96 %
Marcilly-en-Gault	41	282 km NE	754	38.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Montbouy	45	364 km NE	725	38.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Pressagny-l'Orgueilleux	27	372 km NE	686	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-en-Port	76	402 km N	826	45.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 81 %

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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-la-Forêt'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
Palluau-sur-Indre	36	224 km E	785	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Mouliherne	49	163 km NE	836	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Poiroux	85	6.4 km N	1,246	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien	69	477 km E	969	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Panzoult	37	166 km NE	585	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Serres-sur-Arget	09	455 km SE	819	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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