Bouvron

Loire-Atlantique · CC du Pays de Blain · INSEE 44023

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

Few services 37.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouvron (INSEE 44023) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC du Pays de Blain. Population 3,153 (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/44023-bouvron

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 17 % of the 6,828 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	0.31	20	6.15
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.81	10	8.13
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

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 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA FOURNEE DU GOURMET). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (COUSIN DIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (NADIA OLIVIER EI · INFINIDRIVE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE FELIX LECLERC · ECOLE MIXTE ST SAUVEUR DDEC). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ISABELLE BONNIN, MÉDECIN · XAVIER ROUSTEAU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LA MINOTHÈQUE TIERS LIEU). ^[3]

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

1 × Bank. ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (LE SALON DE RACHEL). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA FOURNEE DU GOURMET	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	1	COUSIN DIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	NADIA OLIVIER EI · INFINIDRIVE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE FELIX LECLERC · ECOLE MIXTE ST SAUVEUR DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ISABELLE BONNIN, MÉDECIN · XAVIER ROUSTEAU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BIRGAND	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	BOUVRON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LA MINOTHÈQUE TIERS LIEU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE LA VIGNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1		INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	3	LE SALON DE RACHEL	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: 2,285 2023: 3,153 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,961 (2012) → 3,153 (2023): 6.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,402 (1990) → 3,153 (2023): 31.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,435, of which 2.6 % second homes and 7.6 % 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 (Bouvron): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bouvron): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bouvron): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bouvron): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.5

Days at or below 0 °C 50.9

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BLAIN weather station, 8.4 km away at 13 m; the village itself is at 46 m. ^[9]

An average of 845 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BLAIN, 8.4 km away at 13 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44023/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44023/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44023/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44023/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44023
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
Urcuit	64	439 km S	3,047	37.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 %
La Chapelle-Launay	44	11 km SW	3,270	40.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 69 %
Mellac	29	140 km NW	3,404	49.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 66 %
Plogonnec	29	190 km NW	3,236	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 58 %
Varetz	19	354 km SE	2,409	51.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 95 %
Plémet	22	101 km NW	3,764	49.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 70 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Chapelle-Launay	44	11 km SW	3,270	40.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 69 %
Plémet	22	101 km NW	3,764	49.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 70 %
Mellac	29	140 km NW	3,404	49.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 66 %
Plogonnec	29	190 km NW	3,236	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 58 %
Varetz	19	354 km SE	2,409	51.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 95 %
Urcuit	64	439 km S	3,047	37.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 %

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