Saint-Malô-du-Bois
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 47.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Malô-du-Bois (INSEE 85240) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Mortagne. Population 1,612 (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/85240-saint-malo-du-bois
Vitality score
Vitality score 47.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 70 % of the 11,121 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 | 0.39 | 25 | 9.84 |
| Social | 0.51 | 20 | 10.26 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.99 | 10 | 9.86 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.84 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA FRANTINE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE PAUL BEGEIN). [3]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (AGRESPO ST MALO DU BOIS). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (AUBERGE DE POUPET · LE MARITOU). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST LOUIS DE GONZAGUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ST MALO DU BOIS RP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-MALÔ-DU-BOIS). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE POUPET). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LA FRANTINE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | CHARCUTERIE PAUL BEGEIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | 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 | 1 | AGRESPO ST MALO DU BOIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | AUBERGE DE POUPET · LE MARITOU | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST LOUIS DE GONZAGUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | ST MALO DU BOIS RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-MALÔ-DU-BOIS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 | 1 | CAMPING DE POUPET | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,490 (2012) → 1,612 (2023): 8.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,085 (1990) → 1,612 (2023): 48.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 708, of which 1.6 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Malô-du-Bois): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Malô-du-Bois): 0.9 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Malô-du-Bois): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LANDES-GENUSSON weather station, 17.5 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 199 m. [10]
The village sits 99 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at POUZAUGES SA, 19 km away at 153 m, over 20 summers. [10]
An average of 900 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LES HERBIERS, 12 km away at 103 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 — 85240/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85240/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85240/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85240/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 85240
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 85238
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Épinouze | 26 | 484 km E | 1,531 | 55 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tuffé Val de la Chéronne | 72 | 169 km NE | 1,680 | 43.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Germain-en-Coglès | 35 | 166 km N | 2,096 | 41.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cublize | 69 | 417 km E | 1,360 | 53.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Champier | 38 | 504 km E | 1,582 | 54.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne | 01 | 450 km E | 1,637 | 48.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 96 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-en-Coglès | 35 | 166 km N | 2,096 | 41.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tuffé Val de la Chéronne | 72 | 169 km NE | 1,680 | 43.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cublize | 69 | 417 km E | 1,360 | 53.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne | 01 | 450 km E | 1,637 | 48.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 96 % |
| Épinouze | 26 | 484 km E | 1,531 | 55 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Champier | 38 | 504 km E | 1,582 | 54.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 % |
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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-Malô-du-Bois'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuffé Val de la Chéronne | 72 | 169 km NE | 1,680 | 43.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Ouën-des-Toits | 53 | 134 km N | 1,785 | 42 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Boisgervilly | 35 | 163 km NW | 1,804 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Viels-Maisons | 02 | 388 km NE | 1,192 | 43.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher | 37 | 132 km NE | 1,824 | 41.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Grigonnais | 44 | 88 km NW | 1,828 | 46.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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