Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit

Vendée · CC de Vie et Boulogne · INSEE 85260

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

Partly served 43/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit (INSEE 85260) is in Vendée (85), part of CC de Vie et Boulogne. Population 880 (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/85260-saint-paul-mont-penit

Vitality score

Vitality score 43/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 15,116 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
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 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (API SAINT PAUL MON PENIT). ^[4,3]

2 × Restaurant (CREPES DEE VEN · PIZZA FACTORY). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST PAUL). ^[4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINT-PAUL-MONT-PENIT). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (VOGUE LINE · COIFF & MOI). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	API SAINT PAUL MON PENIT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2	CREPES DEE VEN · PIZZA FACTORY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST PAUL	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINT-PAUL-MONT-PENIT	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	VOGUE LINE · COIFF & MOI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 527 2023: 880 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 764 (2012) → 880 (2023): 15.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 504 (1990) → 880 (2023): 74.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 413, of which 2.4 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km EPharmacy — 3.1 km EGP — 3.3 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 (Palluau): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Palluau): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Palluau): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Paul-Mont-Penit): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.3

Days at or below 0 °C 36.3

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PALLUAU weather station, 4.9 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 38 m. ^[10]

An average of 922 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PALLUAU, 4.9 km away at 51 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 — 85260/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85260/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85260/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85260/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85169
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85260
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
Baurech	33	249 km SE	907	41.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 92 %
Capian	33	254 km SE	809	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 91 %
Peyrieu	01	578 km E	940	40	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 85 %
Ableiges	95	372 km NE	1,108	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 85 %
Marcenod	42	492 km E	698	40.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 61 %
Pomeys	69	486 km E	1,126	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 35 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Baurech	33	249 km SE	907	41.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 92 %
Capian	33	254 km SE	809	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 91 %
Ableiges	95	372 km NE	1,108	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 85 %
Pomeys	69	486 km E	1,126	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 35 %
Marcenod	42	492 km E	698	40.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 61 %
Peyrieu	01	578 km E	940	40	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 85 %

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Elsewhere

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