Avessac

Loire-Atlantique · CA Redon Agglomération · INSEE 44007

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

Partly served 49.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Avessac (INSEE 44007) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CA Redon Agglomération. Population 2,452 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/44007-avessac

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 8,364 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.6	10	5.98
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.36

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DU VILLAGE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (OUHADDAD LOCIF · BARAKA'TOU). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (RED LIGHT). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE PETIT BOIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE STE MARIE DDEC). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE A LA PAGE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORT LOISIRS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (FLASH COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE DU VILLAGE	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	4	OUHADDAD LOCIF · BARAKA'TOU	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	RED LIGHT	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE PETIT BOIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE STE MARIE DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE D AVESSAC	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE A LA PAGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORT LOISIRS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	FLASH COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday 8h30 à 12h30 place de l'Église. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,405 peak 2012: 2,494 2023: 2,452 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,494 (2012) → 2,452 (2023): -1.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,233 (1990) → 2,452 (2023): 9.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,362, of which 6.4 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy Bakery — 4.6 km NGP — 5.9 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 (Sainte-Marie): 4.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Avessac): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Redon): 5.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Avessac): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Avessac): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44007/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.mairie-avessac.fr/transitions/commercants-artisans/— “Le marché vous accueille tous les mercredis matin de 8h30 à 12h30 sur la place de l'Église.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44007/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44007/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44007/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35294
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44007
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35236

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
Bréhan	56	69 km NW	2,306	43.8	Partly served	no figures
Sion-les-Mines	44	31 km E	1,658	44.2	Partly served	no figures
Inguiniel	56	103 km W	2,188	57.7	Partly served	no figures
Moisdon-la-Rivière	44	46 km E	1,990	50.9	Partly served	no figures
Savigny-sur-Braye	41	211 km E	1,962	39.6	Few services	no figures
Soudan	44	52 km E	1,959	40.3	Partly served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sion-les-Mines	44	31 km E	1,658	44.2	Partly served	no figures
Moisdon-la-Rivière	44	46 km E	1,990	50.9	Partly served	no figures
Soudan	44	52 km E	1,959	40.3	Partly served	no figures
Bréhan	56	69 km NW	2,306	43.8	Partly served	no figures
Inguiniel	56	103 km W	2,188	57.7	Partly served	no figures
Savigny-sur-Braye	41	211 km E	1,962	39.6	Few services	no figures

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