Saint-Maurice-des-Noues

Identity

Saint-Maurice-des-Noues (INSEE 85251) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de la Châtaigneraie. Population 642 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85251-saint-maurice-des-noues

Vitality score

Vitality score 13.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 4 % of the 16,773 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.

Services

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-MAURICE-DES-NOUES MILLE ET UNE PAGES). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

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. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 672 (2012) → 642 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 611 (1990) → 642 (2023): 5.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 349, of which 8 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Vouvant): 5.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Terval): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Châtaigneraie): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Châtaigneraie): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Loge-Fougereuse): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the FONTENAY weather station, 17.8 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 97 m. ^[12]

The village sits 77 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 17.8 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 77 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 949 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ANTIGNY, 4.5 km away at 75 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85251/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85251/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85251/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85251/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 85305
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 85289
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 85059
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 85125
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024