La Boissière-du-Doré

Loire-Atlantique · CC Sèvre et Loire · INSEE 44016

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

Few services 33/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Boissière-du-Doré (INSEE 44016) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Sèvre et Loire. Population 1,106 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/44016-la-boissiere-du-dore

Vitality score

Vitality score 33/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 13,723 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES SAVEURS DE TINAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES BRIGANDS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE GRIPARI). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA BOISSIERE DU DORE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LA BOISSIERE-DU-DORÉ). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE BUXERIA). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	LES SAVEURS DE TINAIS	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	1	LES BRIGANDS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE GRIPARI	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	1	LA BOISSIERE DU DORE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LA BOISSIERE-DU-DORÉ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	ESPACE BUXERIA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3		INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 523 2023: 1,106 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 958 (2012) → 1,106 (2023): 15.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 627 (1990) → 1,106 (2023): 76.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 461, of which 0.4 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.9 km WGP — 4.1 km NPharmacy — 6.6 km N 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 Landreau): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Boissière-du-Doré): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Orée d'Anjou): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Orée d'Anjou): 6.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Boissière-du-Doré): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.3

Days at or below 0 °C 31.9

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LE PALLET_SAPC weather station, 13.5 km away at 35 m; the village itself is at 83 m. ^[11]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LE PALLET_SAPC, 13.5 km away at 35 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 — 44016/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44016/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44016/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44016/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44079
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44016
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49126
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
Fleuré	86	156 km SE	1,137	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 74 %
Tercé	86	157 km SE	1,135	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 74 %
Salins	77	343 km NE	1,165	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 89 %
Sacquenville	27	267 km NE	1,205	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 66 %
Caux-et-Sauzens	11	522 km SE	1,025	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 84 %
Hostun	26	551 km SE	1,037	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fleuré	86	156 km SE	1,137	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 74 %
Tercé	86	157 km SE	1,135	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 74 %
Sacquenville	27	267 km NE	1,205	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 66 %
Salins	77	343 km NE	1,165	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 89 %
Caux-et-Sauzens	11	522 km SE	1,025	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 84 %
Hostun	26	551 km SE	1,037	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 92 %

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Elsewhere

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