La Chapelle-Launay
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 40.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Chapelle-Launay (INSEE 44033) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Estuaire et Sillon. Population 3,270 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 40.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 24 % of the 6,622 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 | 0.15 | 25 | 3.69 |
| Social | 0.39 | 20 | 7.87 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.37 | 10 | 3.74 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.95 | 10 | 9.54 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.85 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA DESIREE). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (313). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LE PH 7 · SANS PRESSIONS). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE · ECOLE SAINTE THERESE DDEC). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EMMANUEL GRANGEON, MÉDECIN · PAULINE CHARPENTIER-VALLIENNE, MÉDECIN · MÉLANIE STEUER, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA SABLIERE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA CHAPELLE LAUNAY AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DU MOULIN). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (TRANSF'HAIR). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (LE RELAIS DU TILLON). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
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) | 1 | LA DESIREE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | INTERMARCHE | 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 | 313 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LE PH 7 · SANS PRESSIONS | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE · ECOLE SAINTE THERESE DDEC | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | EMMANUEL GRANGEON, MÉDECIN · PAULINE CHARPENTIER-VALLIENNE, MÉDECIN · MÉLANIE STEUER, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE LA SABLIERE | 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 | LA CHAPELLE LAUNAY AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DU MOULIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | TRANSF'HAIR | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | LE RELAIS DU TILLON | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 2,803 (2012) → 3,270 (2023): 16.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 2,249 (1990) → 3,270 (2023): 45.4 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,359, of which 1.5 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Chapelle-Launay): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (La Chapelle-Launay): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (La Chapelle-Launay): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (La Chapelle-Launay): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (La Chapelle-Launay): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 9 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 ST NAZAIRE-MONTOIR weather station, 15.2 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 54 m. [10]
The village sits 51 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST NAZAIRE-MONTOIR, 15.2 km away at 3 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 51 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [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, 4.6 km away at 11 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
150 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 254,000 € — 2,161 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Loire-Atlantique is 2,768 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44033/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/49/95da1df1-f519-3635-99ab-4a57e2aba648— “Marché bio de La Ruche à Pain - La Chapelle-Launay”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44033/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44033/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44033/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 44033
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mellac | 29 | 134 km NW | 3,404 | 49.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bouvron | 44 | 11 km NE | 3,153 | 37.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 69 % |
| Urcuit | 64 | 435 km S | 3,047 | 37.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 0 % |
| Plogonnec | 29 | 184 km NW | 3,236 | 38.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plémet | 22 | 101 km NW | 3,764 | 49.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Varetz | 19 | 358 km SE | 2,409 | 51.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouvron | 44 | 11 km NE | 3,153 | 37.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 69 % |
| Plémet | 22 | 101 km NW | 3,764 | 49.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mellac | 29 | 134 km NW | 3,404 | 49.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plogonnec | 29 | 184 km NW | 3,236 | 38.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Varetz | 19 | 358 km SE | 2,409 | 51.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
| Urcuit | 64 | 435 km S | 3,047 | 37.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · 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 La Chapelle-Launay'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mellac | 29 | 134 km NW | 3,404 | 49.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plogonnec | 29 | 184 km NW | 3,236 | 38.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plémet | 22 | 101 km NW | 3,764 | 49.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Brandan | 22 | 132 km NW | 2,317 | 50.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Melgven | 29 | 152 km NW | 3,371 | 43.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plomeur | 29 | 181 km W | 3,904 | 50.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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