Saint-Martin-de-Fraigneau

Vendée · CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée · INSEE 85244

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

Few services 28.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Martin-de-Fraigneau (INSEE 85244) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée. Population 795 (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/85244-saint-martin-de-fraigneau

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 15,693 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.64	10	6.41
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES FARFADETS). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-MARTIN-DE-FRAIGNEAU). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (AUX CIS'O D'ANAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (CITÔTEL LES ELEIS). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES FARFADETS	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-MARTIN-DE-FRAIGNEAU	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	1	AUX CIS'O D'ANAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	CITÔTEL LES ELEIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 463 peak 2007: 832 2023: 795 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 808 (2012) → 795 (2023): -1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 697 (1990) → 795 (2023): 14.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 374, of which 2.7 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 4.3 km NWPharmacy — 4.3 km NWFood shop — 4.6 km NWBakery — 4.9 km NW 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 (Fontenay-le-Comte): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fontenay-le-Comte): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Fontenay-le-Comte): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Fontenay-le-Comte): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Martin-de-Fraigneau): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.3

Days at or below 0 °C 30.4

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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

Measured at the FONTENAY weather station, 3 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 35 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 3 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 826 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FONTENAY, 3 km away at 20 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 — 85244/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85244/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85244/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85244/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85092
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85244
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
Grussenheim	68	649 km E	805	28.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mesnil-Réaume	76	426 km N	808	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 89 %
Puiseux-le-Hauberger	60	381 km NE	877	28.6	Few services	no figures
Magny-sur-Tille	21	460 km E	874	33.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Bretigny	21	457 km E	922	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Ugny	54	586 km NE	689	33	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Puiseux-le-Hauberger	60	381 km NE	877	28.6	Few services	no figures
Le Mesnil-Réaume	76	426 km N	808	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 89 %
Bretigny	21	457 km E	922	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Magny-sur-Tille	21	460 km E	874	33.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Ugny	54	586 km NE	689	33	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Grussenheim	68	649 km E	805	28.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %

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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-Martin-de-Fraigneau'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
Saint-Luperce	28	271 km NE	1,005	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent-Sterlanges	85	43 km NW	747	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Ville-Saint-Jacques	77	347 km NE	815	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bonnard	89	363 km NE	909	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul-en-Pareds	85	47 km NW	1,377	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Thenay	36	168 km E	893	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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