Saint-Paul-en-Pareds

Vendée · CC du Pays des Herbiers · INSEE 85259

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

Few services 31.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Paul-en-Pareds (INSEE 85259) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays des Herbiers. Population 1,377 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 31.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 12,218 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 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) (LA TRESSE DOREE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (O'CHARFAIT). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-PAUL-EN-PAREDS). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA TRESSE DOREE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	O'CHARFAIT	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-PAUL-EN-PAREDS	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	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

1968: 600 2023: 1,377 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,211 (2012) → 1,377 (2023): 13.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 832 (1990) → 1,377 (2023): 65.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 634, of which 2.4 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.5 km WFood shop — 4.3 km NWPharmacy — 4.4 km NWGP — 4.8 km NW 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-Paul-en-Pareds): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Herbiers): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Herbiers): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Les Herbiers): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Paul-en-Pareds): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.3

Days at or below 0 °C 30.5

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MOUCHAMPS_SAPC weather station, 8 km away at 82 m; the village itself is at 112 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at POUZAUGES SA, 13.4 km away at 153 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 900 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LES HERBIERS, 4.3 km away at 103 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 — 85259/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85259/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85259/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85259/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85259
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85109
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
Champfleur	72	193 km NE	1,282	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 61 %
Carlepont	60	422 km NE	1,393	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Gricourt	02	462 km NE	1,011	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Moisenay	77	339 km NE	1,362	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Beauregard-Vendon	63	328 km E	1,328	27.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Radinghem-en-Weppes	59	510 km NE	1,410	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Champfleur	72	193 km NE	1,282	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 61 %
Beauregard-Vendon	63	328 km E	1,328	27.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Moisenay	77	339 km NE	1,362	31.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Carlepont	60	422 km NE	1,393	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Gricourt	02	462 km NE	1,011	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Radinghem-en-Weppes	59	510 km NE	1,410	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · 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-Paul-en-Pareds'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
La Chaussée-d'Ivry	28	294 km NE	1,321	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin	85	40 km S	1,233	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Viennay	79	59 km E	1,062	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Hénouville	76	328 km NE	1,406	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-du-Cardonnay	76	333 km NE	1,356	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Luperce	28	249 km NE	1,005	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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