Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salle
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 12.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salle (INSEE 85237) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée. Population 398 (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 12.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 10 % of the 17,984 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.55 | 10 | 5.53 |
| Housing mix | 0.71 | 5 | 3.56 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-SALLE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-SALLE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 370 (2012) → 398 (2023): 7.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 378 (1990) → 398 (2023): 5.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 229, of which 14.4 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (L'Hermenault): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Caillère-Saint-Hilaire): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (L'Hermenault): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (L'Hermenault): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Cyr-des-Gâts): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the FONTENAY weather station, 16.9 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 80 m. [11]
The village sits 60 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, 16.9 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 60 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 949 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ANTIGNY, 12.1 km away at 75 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85237/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85237/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85237/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85237/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 85110
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 85040
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 85205
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estrées-lès-Crécy | 80 | 460 km NE | 398 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lémeré | 37 | 111 km NE | 401 | 13.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Levainville | 28 | 292 km NE | 379 | 17.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Boury-en-Vexin | 60 | 357 km NE | 343 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| L'Aiguillon | 09 | 463 km SE | 372 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chouy | 02 | 427 km NE | 364 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lémeré | 37 | 111 km NE | 401 | 13.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Levainville | 28 | 292 km NE | 379 | 17.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Boury-en-Vexin | 60 | 357 km NE | 343 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chouy | 02 | 427 km NE | 364 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Estrées-lès-Crécy | 80 | 460 km NE | 398 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| L'Aiguillon | 09 | 463 km SE | 372 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · 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-Laurent-de-la-Salle'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lémeré | 37 | 111 km NE | 401 | 13.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Gaudent | 86 | 105 km SE | 303 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rives-de-Boutonne | 17 | 72 km SE | 419 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ciran | 37 | 147 km NE | 425 | 12.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chapelle-Thémer | 85 | 3.3 km W | 393 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chantillac | 16 | 148 km S | 370 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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