Le Bignon

Loire-Atlantique · CC Grand Lieu Communauté · INSEE 44014

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

Partly served 51.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Bignon (INSEE 44014) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Grand Lieu Communauté. Population 3,976 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/44014-le-bignon

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 5,667 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	0.39	25	9.66
Social	0.5	20	9.98
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.47	10	4.67
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE MOGUEN PASCAL · ARDELICE · BOULANGERIE MAHE · LE CINQ). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (COTE A COTE). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (LA TABLE DE PAPA · LA PLAZA · LE COQ · LE PANORAMA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE 4). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DU MOULIN). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DU MOULIN · ECOLE NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES DDEC). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MINH BUISSON, MÉDECIN · NINA GLOAGUEN, MÉDECIN · FREDERIQUE ISNARD, MÉDECIN · SABRINA BAZUREAU, MÉDECIN · MARION MORTIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE RENÉ-GUY CADOU). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE DE LA BRIE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (AIR'COLOR · SALON LUMINEUSE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	LE MOGUEN PASCAL · ARDELICE · BOULANGERIE MAHE · LE CINQ	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	COTE A COTE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	6	LA TABLE DE PAPA · LA PLAZA · LE COQ · LE PANORAMA	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE 4	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DU MOULIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DU MOULIN · ECOLE NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	MINH BUISSON, MÉDECIN · NINA GLOAGUEN, MÉDECIN · FREDERIQUE ISNARD, MÉDECIN · SABRINA BAZUREAU, MÉDECIN · MARION MORTIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LE BIGNON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE RENÉ-GUY CADOU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE DE LA BRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	5	AIR'COLOR · SALON LUMINEUSE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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: 1,471 2023: 3,976 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,454 (2012) → 3,976 (2023): 15.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,378 (1990) → 3,976 (2023): 67.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,717, of which 2.4 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 4.4 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 (Le Bignon): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Bignon): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Bignon): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montbert): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Bignon): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.9

Days at or below 0 °C 28.2

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NANTES-BOUGUENAIS weather station, 10.7 km away at 26 m; the village itself is at 19 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at NANTES-BOUGUENAIS, 10.7 km away at 26 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 827 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AIGREFEUILLE, 8.3 km away at 35 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44014/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44014/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44014/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44014/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44014
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44102
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
Steenvoorde	59	509 km NE	4,332	49.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Champagney	70	619 km E	3,647	37.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-des-Fossés	03	389 km E	3,579	45.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 %
Béligneux	01	525 km E	3,535	42.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Lauris	84	648 km SE	3,921	50.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Cires-lès-Mello	60	374 km NE	3,978	42.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cires-lès-Mello	60	374 km NE	3,978	42.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-des-Fossés	03	389 km E	3,579	45.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 %
Steenvoorde	59	509 km NE	4,332	49.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Béligneux	01	525 km E	3,535	42.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Champagney	70	619 km E	3,647	37.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Lauris	84	648 km SE	3,921	50.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · 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 Le Bignon'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-Georges-sur-Loire	49	65 km NE	3,836	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Rives de l'Yon	85	58 km S	4,335	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-des-Marais	44	69 km NW	4,492	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Savonnières	37	157 km E	3,392	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz	35	122 km N	4,738	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Venansault	85	46 km S	4,757	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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