Bouée

Loire-Atlantique · CC Estuaire et Sillon · INSEE 44019

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

Few services 36.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouée (INSEE 44019) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Estuaire et Sillon. Population 1,097 (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/44019-bouee

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 13,776 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES COURLIS · ECOLE STE THERESE DDEC). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOUEE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BOUÉE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LA CROISEE DES STYLES · BOUDEHEN FLORA). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES COURLIS · ECOLE STE THERESE DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [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	BOUEE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BOUÉE	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	2	LA CROISEE DES STYLES · BOUDEHEN FLORA	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

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 455 2023: 1,097 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 892 (2012) → 1,097 (2023): 23 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 618 (1990) → 1,097 (2023): 77.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 467, of which 2.8 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.9 km SEPharmacy — 4.0 km SEBakery — 4.1 km SEFood shop — 4.1 km SE 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 (Cordemais): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cordemais): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cordemais): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cordemais): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bouée): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.5

Days at or below 0 °C 25.6

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 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST NAZAIRE-MONTOIR weather station, 18.4 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 18 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST NAZAIRE-MONTOIR, 18.4 km away at 3 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 883 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAVENAY, 3.1 km away at 11 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 — 44019/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44019/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44019/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44019/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44045
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44019
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
La Croix-Blanche	47	392 km SE	1,075	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Feins	35	114 km N	1,074	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Chaudenay	71	509 km E	1,116	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Druye	37	185 km E	1,024	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain-d'Ay	07	559 km SE	1,164	33.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc	01	553 km E	1,229	30.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Feins	35	114 km N	1,074	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Druye	37	185 km E	1,024	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
La Croix-Blanche	47	392 km SE	1,075	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Chaudenay	71	509 km E	1,116	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc	01	553 km E	1,229	30.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Romain-d'Ay	07	559 km SE	1,164	33.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · 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 Bouée'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
Feins	35	114 km N	1,074	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Radenac	56	93 km NW	1,066	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ouen-du-Breuil	76	336 km NE	924	45.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-du-Pinel	35	95 km NE	1,018	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Trans-sur-Erdre	44	44 km NE	1,156	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Carné	22	122 km N	1,167	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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