Saint-Mathurin

Vendée · CA Les Sables d'Olonne Agglomération · INSEE 85250

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

Partly served 55.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Mathurin (INSEE 85250) is in Vendée (85), part of CA Les Sables d'Olonne Agglomération. Population 2,496 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85250-saint-mathurin

Vitality score

Vitality score 55.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 82 % of the 8,259 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ISABELLE & JOEL). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FERME DE LA MARINIERE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (YACO). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (C'EST QUOI CE CIRQUE · MATH' CAFE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES FERRY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE MONTFORT). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BAPTISTE PINAUD, MÉDECIN · FLORENCE BOUTIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MATHURIN AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT MATHURIN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LS COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE PUY BABIN). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Fishmonger, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	ISABELLE & JOEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	FERME DE LA MARINIERE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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]
Restaurant	2	YACO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	C'EST QUOI CE CIRQUE · MATH' CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES FERRY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE MONTFORT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	BAPTISTE PINAUD, MÉDECIN · FLORENCE BOUTIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	SAINT MATHURIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT MATHURIN	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	2	LS COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 LE PUY BABIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 783 2023: 2,496 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,080 (2012) → 2,496 (2023): 20 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,137 (1990) → 2,496 (2023): 119.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,188, of which 4.5 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 1.3 km SPharmacy — 7.0 km S 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 (Saint-Mathurin): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Mathurin): 1.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Mathurin): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Les Sables-d'Olonne): 7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Mathurin): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.4

Days at or below 0 °C 25.2

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LA MOTHE ACHARD weather station, 8.7 km away at 58 m; the village itself is at 33 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHATEAU-D'OLONNE, 9.8 km away at 27 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 923 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA MOTHE ACHARD, 8.7 km away at 58 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 — 85250/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85250/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85250/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85250/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85250
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85194
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
Belgentier	83	711 km SE	2,373	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Armel	35	161 km N	2,433	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Luzinay	38	526 km E	2,416	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Porcelette	57	687 km NE	2,397	42.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Peujard	33	197 km SE	2,195	48.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Clément-de-la-Place	49	130 km NE	2,168	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Clément-de-la-Place	49	130 km NE	2,168	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Armel	35	161 km N	2,433	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Peujard	33	197 km SE	2,195	48.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Luzinay	38	526 km E	2,416	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Porcelette	57	687 km NE	2,397	42.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Belgentier	83	711 km SE	2,373	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · 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-Mathurin'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-Armel	35	161 km N	2,433	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Clément-de-la-Place	49	130 km NE	2,168	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche	85	15 km NE	2,421	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Chaléons	44	61 km N	2,422	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bais	35	164 km N	2,539	52	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Casson	44	92 km N	2,605	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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