Vix

Vendée · CC Vendée, Sèvre, Autise · INSEE 85303

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

Partly served 47.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vix (INSEE 85303) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Vendée, Sèvre, Autise. Population 1,835 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85303-vix

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 10,179 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.6	10	5.99
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE GOUIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BODIN JANINE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (RS VIX). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE VIZERON). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GASTON CHAISSAC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ABBE JOSEPH BULTEAU). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VIX AP). ^[3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (LE COIFFE GOURMAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING O P'TIT MARAIS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE GOUIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	BODIN JANINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	RS VIX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE VIZERON	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GASTON CHAISSAC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ABBE JOSEPH BULTEAU	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE MENDES	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	VIX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VIX	INSEE BPE 1 [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	3	LE COIFFE GOURMAND	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING O P'TIT MARAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,492 2023: 1,835 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,784 (2012) → 1,835 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,670 (1990) → 1,835 (2023): 9.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 949, of which 6.6 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy Bakery — 3.5 km NGP — 5.3 km W 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 (Montreuil): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vix): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Gué-de-Velluire): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vix): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vix): 0.2 km to the west (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. ^[11]

Measured at the FONTENAY weather station, 11.2 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 7 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 11.2 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 776 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at L ILE D ELLE, 7.9 km away at 16 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85303/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85303/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85303/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85303/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85148
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85303
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85105
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
Pierrefonds	60	438 km NE	1,877	60.8	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges	85	19 km NE	1,917	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Reugny	37	182 km NE	1,759	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Luitré-Dompierre	35	215 km N	1,868	45.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 96 %
Mametz	62	530 km NE	1,973	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Champier	38	486 km E	1,582	54.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges	85	19 km NE	1,917	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Reugny	37	182 km NE	1,759	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Luitré-Dompierre	35	215 km N	1,868	45.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 96 %
Pierrefonds	60	438 km NE	1,877	60.8	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Champier	38	486 km E	1,582	54.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 %
Mametz	62	530 km NE	1,973	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · 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 Vix'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-Hilaire-des-Loges	85	19 km NE	1,917	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Reugny	37	182 km NE	1,759	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
L'Île-d'Elle	85	7.9 km SW	1,502	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Nalliers	85	18 km NW	2,389	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Peaugres	07	449 km E	2,385	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Lempdes-sur-Allagnon	43	337 km E	1,293	52.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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