Besné

Loire-Atlantique · CA de la Région Nazairienne et de l'Estuaire (CARENE) · INSEE 44013

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

Partly served 41.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Besné (INSEE 44013) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CA de la Région Nazairienne et de l'Estuaire (CARENE). Population 3,322 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/44013-besne

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 6,539 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	0.2	25	5.12
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.22	10	2.21
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

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 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]

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

2 × Restaurant (LA ROTISSERIE MEDIEVALE · LE BON TEMPS). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (OBURO). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE STE MARIE DDEC). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MEHDI GAMRA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L'EGLISE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE GEORGE SAND). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE SPORT). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE CORALY · MJ COIFFURE BY MALVINA · L'INSTANT DARCY - SALON PRIVE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	COCCIMARKET	INSEE BPE 2 / 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	LA ROTISSERIE MEDIEVALE · LE BON TEMPS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	OBURO	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE STE MARIE DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MEHDI GAMRA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE L'EGLISE	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	BESNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE GEORGE SAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DE SPORT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	5	COIFFURE CORALY · MJ COIFFURE BY MALVINA · L'INSTANT DARCY - SALON PRIVE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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: 1,440 2023: 3,322 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,750 (2012) → 3,322 (2023): 20.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,059 (1990) → 3,322 (2023): 61.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,405, of which 1.7 % second homes and 3.7 % 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 (Besné): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Besné): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Besné): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Besné): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Besné): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.8

Days at or below 0 °C 25.8

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the SAINT-JOACHIM_SAE weather station, 7.8 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 9 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at ST NAZAIRE-MONTOIR, 10.3 km away at 3 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 907 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PONTCHATEAU, 4.9 km away at 34 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 — 44013/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44013/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44013/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44013/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44013
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
Monterblanc	56	59 km NW	3,356	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet	44	9.4 km NE	3,063	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chaniers	17	220 km SE	3,651	45.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Villefranque	64	443 km S	3,069	46.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %
Briscous	64	442 km S	2,965	61.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
Bignan	56	74 km NW	2,757	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet	44	9.4 km NE	3,063	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Monterblanc	56	59 km NW	3,356	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bignan	56	74 km NW	2,757	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Chaniers	17	220 km SE	3,651	45.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Briscous	64	442 km S	2,965	61.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 0 %
Villefranque	64	443 km S	3,069	46.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Besné'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
Monterblanc	56	59 km NW	3,356	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet	44	9.4 km NE	3,063	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bignan	56	74 km NW	2,757	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Corsept	44	13 km S	2,594	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Morbecque	59	497 km NE	2,573	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Guignen	35	61 km N	4,175	45.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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