Saint-Maurice-le-Girard

Vendée · CC du Pays de la Châtaigneraie · INSEE 85252

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 19.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Maurice-le-Girard (INSEE 85252) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de la Châtaigneraie. Population 597 (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 19.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 17,106 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.64	10	6.44
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.08

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEUR). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ZAP ET FUN). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEUR	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	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	1	ZAP ET FUN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 531 peak 2012: 604 2023: 597 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 604 (2012) → 597 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 522 (1990) → 597 (2023): 14.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 283, of which 9.2 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.0 km NEFood shop — 3.3 km NEGP — 4.4 km NWPharmacy — 4.6 km E 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 (Cheffois): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Terval): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mouilleron-Saint-Germain): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Châtaigneraie): 4.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Maurice-le-Girard): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.3

Days at or below 0 °C 24.8

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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

Measured at the POUZAUGES SA weather station, 13.9 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 118 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at POUZAUGES SA, 13.9 km away at 153 m, over 20 summers. ^[13]

An average of 949 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ANTIGNY, 3.5 km away at 75 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85252/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85252/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85252/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85252/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85067
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85289
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85154
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85059
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85252
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
Renty	62	487 km NE	596	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Teurthéville-Bocage	50	331 km N	594	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Brion	89	356 km NE	612	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Caorches-Saint-Nicolas	27	289 km N	601	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Brillouet	85	20 km SW	616	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Mouterre-Silly	86	75 km NE	602	16.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Étienne-de-Brillouet	85	20 km SW	616	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Mouterre-Silly	86	75 km NE	602	16.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Caorches-Saint-Nicolas	27	289 km N	601	18.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Teurthéville-Bocage	50	331 km N	594	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Brion	89	356 km NE	612	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Renty	62	487 km NE	596	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Maurice-le-Girard'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-Étienne-de-Brillouet	85	20 km SW	616	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Grazay	53	185 km N	629	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurs	79	21 km SE	615	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Mareil-sur-Loir	72	134 km NE	653	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Quevillon	76	335 km N	587	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Clarens	65	399 km S	513	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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