Vouvant

Vendée · CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée · INSEE 85305

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

Served 62.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vouvant (INSEE 85305) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays de Fontenay-Vendée. Population 829 (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/85305-vouvant

Vitality score

Vitality score 62.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 15,427 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.5	10	5
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.09

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 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) (AKLM). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (LES DELICES DE MELUSINE · L'AUBERGE DE MAITRE PANNETIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE MELUSINE · LE CAFE DU MIRACLE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES ACANTHES). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTINE ZALEWSKI, MÉDECIN · FABRICE-ALAIN GRILLO, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE HENRI ET MAURICE DE LA PINTIÈRE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ATELIER JANA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AKLM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	A.LO.A	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	LES DELICES DE MELUSINE · L'AUBERGE DE MAITRE PANNETIER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CAFE MELUSINE · LE CAFE DU MIRACLE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES ACANTHES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	CHRISTINE ZALEWSKI, MÉDECIN · FABRICE-ALAIN GRILLO, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE MAUFFREY	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	VOUVANT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE HENRI ET MAURICE DE LA PINTIÈRE	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	ATELIER JANA	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: 935 2023: 829 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 842 (2012) → 829 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 829 (1990) → 829 (2023): 0 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 571, of which 19.1 % second homes and 17.2 % 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 (Vouvant): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vouvant): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vouvant): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vouvant): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vouvant): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[9]

Measured at the FONTENAY weather station, 13.8 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 68 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 13.8 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. ^[9]

An average of 949 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ANTIGNY, 5.2 km away at 75 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 — 85305/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85305/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85305/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85305/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85305
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
Culan	18	239 km E	779	58.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Santenay	21	418 km E	820	55.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Puisseguin	33	191 km S	834	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Gouarec	22	258 km NW	866	67.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Lyons-la-Forêt	27	356 km NE	756	60.4	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 69 %
Marcillat-en-Combraille	03	265 km E	900	60.6	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Puisseguin	33	191 km S	834	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Culan	18	239 km E	779	58.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Gouarec	22	258 km NW	866	67.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Marcillat-en-Combraille	03	265 km E	900	60.6	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 64 %
Lyons-la-Forêt	27	356 km NE	756	60.4	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 69 %
Santenay	21	418 km E	820	55.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 64 % · 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 Vouvant'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
Charroux	86	102 km SE	1,036	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc	07	449 km SE	845	62.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bujaleuf	87	204 km SE	869	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Le Grand-Pressigny	37	126 km E	872	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rome-de-Tarn	12	401 km SE	904	61.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Pampelonne	81	360 km SE	963	57.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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