Vouillé-les-Marais

Vendée · CC Sud Vendée Littoral · INSEE 85304

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

Partly served 54/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vouillé-les-Marais (INSEE 85304) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Sud Vendée Littoral. Population 806 (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/85304-vouille-les-marais

Vitality score

Vitality score 54/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 15,597 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	0.63	25	15.8
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	0.71	5	3.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERY). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE MARAIS DES CYGNES). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VOUILLÉ-LES-MARAIS AU PARADIS DES LIVRES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ESMERALDA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: 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)	1	BOULANGERY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / 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 LE MARAIS DES CYGNES	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VOUILLÉ-LES-MARAIS AU PARADIS DES LIVRES	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	1	ESMERALDA COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 390 2023: 806 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 728 (2012) → 806 (2023): 10.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 528 (1990) → 806 (2023): 52.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 423, of which 14.4 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.5 km SEPharmacy — 4.7 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 (Vouillé-les-Marais): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vouillé-les-Marais): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Gué-de-Velluire): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Chaillé-les-Marais): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.5

Days at or below 0 °C 29

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINTE GEMME LA PLAINE_SAPC weather station, 13.5 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 10 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 15.5 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, 6.5 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 — 85304/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85304/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85304/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85304/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85304
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85105
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85042
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-Bonnet-de-Rochefort	03	316 km E	713	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Lhomme	72	190 km NE	933	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Victor	07	460 km E	968	53.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Grézieu-le-Marché	69	424 km E	834	42.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 26 %
Saint-Haon-le-Vieux	42	376 km E	953	46.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %
Sambin	41	208 km NE	862	53.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lhomme	72	190 km NE	933	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 93 %
Sambin	41	208 km NE	862	53.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 64 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Rochefort	03	316 km E	713	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Haon-le-Vieux	42	376 km E	953	46.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %
Grézieu-le-Marché	69	424 km E	834	42.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 26 %
Saint-Victor	07	460 km E	968	53.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · 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 Vouillé-les-Marais'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-Avaugourd-des-Landes	85	42 km W	1,213	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Beauregard-de-Terrasson	24	219 km SE	731	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Damvix	85	19 km SE	733	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Châteaudouble	26	499 km E	633	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Brosse-Montceaux	77	370 km NE	776	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bournand	86	111 km NE	914	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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