Soullans

Vendée · CC Océan Marais de Monts · INSEE 85284

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

Partly served 46.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soullans (INSEE 85284) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Océan Marais de Monts. Population 4,654 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85284-soullans

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 4,975 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	0.38	25	9.52
Social	0.43	20	8.53
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.22	10	2.21
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.27

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 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 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PTIT FOURNIL D'OLIV · LA BOULANGERIE DE SOULLANS · DOUCEUR CAKE STUDIO). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

2 × Fishmonger (JEAN-FI MAREE · LE BANC D'ALICE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LA COCOTTE MARAICHINE · LE VICTORIA · LE GABION · BOTECOO GRILL). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CHARLES MILCENDEAU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LES ROSEAUX). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SIMONA ANTALUCA-OBEYAH, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

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

3 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE SOULLANS). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE BEL'HAIR · EURL EEMG · L'ATELIER D'ADELINE · LE SALON DE ...). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE MOULIN NEUF). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Fishmonger, 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LE PTIT FOURNIL D'OLIV · LA BOULANGERIE DE SOULLANS · DOUCEUR CAKE STUDIO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	2	JEAN-FI MAREE · LE BANC D'ALICE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	LA COCOTTE MARAICHINE · LE VICTORIA · LE GABION · BOTECOO GRILL	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CHARLES MILCENDEAU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LES ROSEAUX	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	SIMONA ANTALUCA-OBEYAH, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DAHERON	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	3	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE SOULLANS	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	5	COIFFURE BEL'HAIR · EURL EEMG · L'ATELIER D'ADELINE · LE SALON DE ...	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE MOULIN NEUF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,945 2023: 4,654 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,149 (2012) → 4,654 (2023): 12.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,045 (1990) → 4,654 (2023): 52.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,498, of which 7.3 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Soullans): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Soullans): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Soullans): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Soullans): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Soullans): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.3

Days at or below 0 °C 24.4

Muggy days a summer 3.1

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LE PERRIER weather station, 8.2 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 9 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LE PERRIER, 8.2 km away at 2 m, over 21 summers. ^[9]

An average of 745 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LE PERRIER, 8.2 km away at 2 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85284/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85284/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85284/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85284/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85284
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
Ribeauvillé	68	710 km E	4,685	61.3	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Corps-Nuds	35	134 km N	3,567	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Jargeau	45	326 km NE	4,610	56.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 62 %
Sommières	30	576 km SE	5,073	73	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Kaysersberg Vignoble	68	705 km E	4,383	62.3	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Nogent-sur-Seine	10	446 km NE	5,537	55.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Corps-Nuds	35	134 km N	3,567	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Jargeau	45	326 km NE	4,610	56.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 62 %
Nogent-sur-Seine	10	446 km NE	5,537	55.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Sommières	30	576 km SE	5,073	73	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Kaysersberg Vignoble	68	705 km E	4,383	62.3	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Ribeauvillé	68	710 km E	4,685	61.3	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 47 % · 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 Soullans'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
Corps-Nuds	35	134 km N	3,567	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu	44	42 km NE	3,996	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Locminé	56	140 km NW	4,773	61.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Desvres	62	510 km NE	4,829	62.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Le Fenouiller	85	8.5 km S	4,978	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bain-de-Bretagne	35	118 km N	7,674	73.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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