Saint-Martin-des-Fontaines
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 8.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Martin-des-Fontaines (INSEE 85245) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée. Population 166 (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 8.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 10 % of the 14,814 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 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.37 | 10 | 3.69 |
| Housing mix | 0.78 | 5 | 3.88 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
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, 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 161 (2012) → 166 (2023): 3.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 191 (1990) → 166 (2023): -13.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 98, of which 11.2 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (L'Hermenault): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (L'Hermenault): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (L'Hermenault): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (L'Hermenault): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (L'Hermenault): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [9]
Measured at the FONTENAY weather station, 14.1 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 64 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 14.1 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. [9]
An average of 874 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at FONTENAY LE COM, 12.4 km away at 35 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85245/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85245/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85245/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85245/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 85110
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limeux | 18 | 237 km E | 166 | 11 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fraillicourt | 08 | 512 km NE | 164 | 7.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 65 % |
| La Résie-Saint-Martin | 70 | 502 km E | 165 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 % |
| Souvigné-sur-Même | 72 | 220 km NE | 164 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Hautevesnes | 02 | 420 km NE | 165 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sancourt | 27 | 367 km NE | 169 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 69 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Souvigné-sur-Même | 72 | 220 km NE | 164 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Limeux | 18 | 237 km E | 166 | 11 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sancourt | 27 | 367 km NE | 169 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 69 % |
| Hautevesnes | 02 | 420 km NE | 165 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Résie-Saint-Martin | 70 | 502 km E | 165 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fraillicourt | 08 | 512 km NE | 164 | 7.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 65 % |
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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-des-Fontaines'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villotte-devant-Louppy | 55 | 518 km NE | 163 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lichères-près-Aigremont | 89 | 383 km E | 154 | 13 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sublaines | 37 | 165 km NE | 176 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Antist | 65 | 389 km S | 189 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ternay | 86 | 85 km NE | 189 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mertrud | 52 | 483 km NE | 183 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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