Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux

Vendée · CC Vendée, Sèvre, Autise · INSEE 85265

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

Few services 32.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux (INSEE 85265) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Vendée, Sèvre, Autise. Population 917 (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 32.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 14,866 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.56	10	5.63
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.27

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

1 × Restaurant (NICKY'S TRAITEUR EVENEMENTIEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU MARAIS MOUILLE A SOUIL). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING À LA FERME LES ECLUSEAUX). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	1		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	1	NICKY'S TRAITEUR EVENEMENTIEL	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU MARAIS MOUILLE A SOUIL	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	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	1	CAMPING À LA FERME LES ECLUSEAUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 821 peak 2012: 964 2023: 917 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 964 (2012) → 917 (2023): -4.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 863 (1990) → 917 (2023): 6.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 479, of which 7.3 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 1.7 km SEPrimary school — 1.7 km SEPharmacy — 1.7 km SEGP — 2.0 km SBakery — 3.6 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 (Liez): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Maillezais): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Maillezais): 2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Maillezais): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Maillezais): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.3

Days at or below 0 °C 30.4

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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

Measured at the FONTENAY weather station, 7.3 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 14 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 7.3 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 826 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FONTENAY, 7.3 km away at 20 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 — 85265/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85265/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85265/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85265/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85123
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85133
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-Denis-sur-Loire	41	213 km NE	904	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Freissinouse	05	566 km E	972	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 %
Monts-sur-Orne	61	266 km N	874	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Louresse-Rochemenier	49	100 km N	896	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Genté	16	91 km S	924	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Sauveur	24	198 km SE	849	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Genté	16	91 km S	924	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Louresse-Rochemenier	49	100 km N	896	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur	24	198 km SE	849	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Denis-sur-Loire	41	213 km NE	904	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Monts-sur-Orne	61	266 km N	874	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
La Freissinouse	05	566 km E	972	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 %

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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-Pierre-le-Vieux'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-Denis-sur-Loire	41	213 km NE	904	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Louresse-Rochemenier	49	100 km N	896	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Plaine-d'Argenson	79	33 km SE	1,006	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Béceleuf	79	21 km NE	750	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Villerbon	41	214 km NE	849	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Chamboret	87	151 km E	782	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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