Thorigny

Vendée · CA La Roche-sur-Yon - Agglomération · INSEE 85291

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 34.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Thorigny (INSEE 85291) is in Vendée (85), part of CA La Roche-sur-Yon - Agglomération. Population 1,275 (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/85291-thorigny

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 12,855 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (RS THORIGNY · CHEZ NINI). ^[4,3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES GOLLY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE R.P.I.D FOUGERE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (THORIGNY AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE THORIGNY AU FIL DES PAGES). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	RS THORIGNY · CHEZ NINI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES GOLLY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE R.P.I.D FOUGERE	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	THORIGNY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE THORIGNY AU FIL DES PAGES	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
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: 1,001 2023: 1,275 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,170 (2012) → 1,275 (2023): 9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 828 (1990) → 1,275 (2023): 54 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 605, of which 3.5 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.0 km SEBakery — 5.2 km NPharmacy — 5.8 km NEGP — 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 (Fougeré): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Pineaux): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bournezeau): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bournezeau): 5.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Thorigny): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.9

Days at or below 0 °C 32.6

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LA ROCHE SUR YON weather station, 14.8 km away at 88 m; the village itself is at 58 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LA ROCHE SUR YON, 14.8 km away at 88 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHATEAU-GUIBERT, 5.6 km away at 50 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85291/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85291/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85291/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85291/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85093
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85175
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85034
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85291
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
Baix	07	512 km E	1,296	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Dompierre-sur-Veyle	01	498 km E	1,245	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Tresbœuf	35	143 km N	1,234	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Moirax	47	310 km SE	1,197	33	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Labastide-Marnhac	46	322 km SE	1,311	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Périssac	33	191 km S	1,184	30.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 7 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tresbœuf	35	143 km N	1,234	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Périssac	33	191 km S	1,184	30.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 7 %
Moirax	47	310 km SE	1,197	33	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Labastide-Marnhac	46	322 km SE	1,311	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Dompierre-sur-Veyle	01	498 km E	1,245	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Baix	07	512 km E	1,296	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 99 % · 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 Thorigny'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
Tresbœuf	35	143 km N	1,234	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Trans-sur-Erdre	44	97 km N	1,156	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Molac	56	154 km NW	1,633	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Gennes-sur-Seiche	35	153 km N	938	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Fougeré	85	5.2 km N	1,240	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Boismé	79	64 km E	1,176	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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