Xanton-Chassenon

Vendée · CC Vendée, Sèvre, Autise · INSEE 85306

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

Few services 28.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Xanton-Chassenon (INSEE 85306) is in Vendée (85), part of CC Vendée, Sèvre, Autise. Population 743 (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/85306-xanton-chassenon

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 16,085 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.58	10	5.75
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES BREL). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES BREL	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 CINTU ONA	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 561 2023: 743 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 727 (2012) → 743 (2023): 2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 691 (1990) → 743 (2023): 7.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 363, of which 9.6 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.8 km NEBakery — 2.9 km NEPharmacy — 3.1 km NEGP — 3.6 km S 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 (Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Rives-d'Autise): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Xanton-Chassenon): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

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, 6.6 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 21 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at FONTENAY, 6.6 km away at 20 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 826 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FONTENAY, 6.6 km away at 20 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 — 85306/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85306/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85306/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85306/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85227
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85162
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85306
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
Bougligny	77	318 km NE	738	29.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Bourseville	80	438 km N	725	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Le Douhet	17	71 km S	708	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Serbonnes	89	359 km NE	716	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Péravy-la-Colombe	45	249 km NE	777	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Berville-en-Caux	76	379 km N	698	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Douhet	17	71 km S	708	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Péravy-la-Colombe	45	249 km NE	777	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Bougligny	77	318 km NE	738	29.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Serbonnes	89	359 km NE	716	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Berville-en-Caux	76	379 km N	698	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bourseville	80	438 km N	725	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 97 % · 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 Xanton-Chassenon'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
La Foye-Monjault	79	32 km S	839	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Dormelles	77	341 km NE	816	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chalautre-la-Grande	77	389 km NE	644	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-la-Varenne	69	411 km E	784	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Monthoiron	86	105 km E	673	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Souvigné	79	40 km E	863	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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