Saint-Mesmin

Vendée · CC du Pays de Pouzauges · INSEE 85254

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

Partly served 41.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Mesmin (INSEE 85254) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Pouzauges. Population 1,774 (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/85254-saint-mesmin

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 10,394 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.48	10	4.8
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES P'TITS MINOIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ETRE ET DEVENIR). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FLORENTINA RECHITEANU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PERIDY GABARD). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-MESMIN BIBLIOTHÈQUE PAGES MAGIQUES). ^[3]

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

2 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE SAINT-MESMIN). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (FRISURE FRIVOLE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES P'TITS MINOIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ETRE ET DEVENIR	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	FLORENTINA RECHITEANU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE PERIDY GABARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT MESMIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINT-MESMIN BIBLIOTHÈQUE PAGES MAGIQUES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF JOSEPH COUSIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE SAINT-MESMIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	2	FRISURE FRIVOLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 1,636 peak 2007: 1,868 2023: 1,774 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,747 (2012) → 1,774 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,811 (1990) → 1,774 (2023): -2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 863, of which 2.5 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 5.8 km NEBakery — 5.9 km NE 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 (Cerizay): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cerizay): 5.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Mesmin): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Mesmin): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Mesmin): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the POUZAUGES SA weather station, 8.1 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 168 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at POUZAUGES SA, 8.1 km away at 153 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at POUZAUGES SA, 8.1 km away at 153 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 — 85254/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85254/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85254/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85254/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79062
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85254
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
Saint-Ouen	80	418 km NE	1,772	43	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Fors	79	67 km S	1,780	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Moncourt-Fromonville	77	307 km NE	1,891	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Ciré-d'Aunis	17	83 km S	1,583	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Beauregard-l'Évêque	63	328 km E	1,586	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Steenbecque	59	492 km NE	1,602	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fors	79	67 km S	1,780	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ciré-d'Aunis	17	83 km S	1,583	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Moncourt-Fromonville	77	307 km NE	1,891	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Beauregard-l'Évêque	63	328 km E	1,586	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ouen	80	418 km NE	1,772	43	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Steenbecque	59	492 km NE	1,602	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · 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-Mesmin'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
Touvois	44	73 km W	1,970	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Rouziers-de-Touraine	37	132 km NE	1,362	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Coron	49	38 km N	1,603	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Scorbé-Clairvaux	86	87 km E	2,174	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Feneu	49	87 km N	2,212	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Landeronde	85	66 km W	2,303	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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