Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie

Vendée · CA du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie · INSEE 85239

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 26.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie (INSEE 85239) is in Vendée (85), part of CA du Pays de Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie. Population 1,234 (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 26.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 14 % of the 13,052 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA REUNION DES SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L'OISEAU BLEU). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (CHLOE COIFFURE VISAGISTE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)	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	1	LA REUNION DES SAVEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L'OISEAU BLEU	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	3	CHLOE COIFFURE VISAGISTE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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

1968: 357 2023: 1,234 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 969 (2012) → 1,234 (2023): 27.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 453 (1990) → 1,234 (2023): 172.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 556, of which 6.7 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.5 km NWGP — 2.5 km NWBakery — 2.6 km NWPharmacy — 6.2 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 (Commequiers): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Commequiers): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Commequiers): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Apremont): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the LE PERRIER weather station, 16.6 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 18 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LE PERRIER, 16.6 km away at 2 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 832 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT GILLES CR, 8.9 km away at 17 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85239/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85239/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85239/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85239/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85071
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85006
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85239
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
Yvetot-Bocage	50	307 km N	1,212	25.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Cernex	74	608 km E	1,184	25.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 34 % · humidity 79 %
Montrodat	48	469 km SE	1,174	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 4 % · humidity 79 %
Chaillac-sur-Vienne	87	228 km SE	1,250	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Treis-Sants-en-Ouche	27	314 km NE	1,321	23	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Offekerque	62	545 km NE	1,291	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chaillac-sur-Vienne	87	228 km SE	1,250	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Yvetot-Bocage	50	307 km N	1,212	25.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Treis-Sants-en-Ouche	27	314 km NE	1,321	23	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Montrodat	48	469 km SE	1,174	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 4 % · humidity 79 %
Offekerque	62	545 km NE	1,291	26.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Cernex	74	608 km E	1,184	25.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 34 % · humidity 79 %

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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-Maixent-sur-Vie'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
Bellinghem	62	529 km NE	1,062	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Le Perrey	27	343 km NE	1,224	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Couville	50	313 km N	1,249	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Fleury	50	238 km N	1,101	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sauveur-d'Émalleville	76	356 km NE	1,181	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Toutainville	27	337 km NE	1,274	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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