Cheix-en-Retz

Loire-Atlantique · CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz · INSEE 44039

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

Partly served 42.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cheix-en-Retz (INSEE 44039) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz. Population 1,182 (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/44039-cheix-en-retz

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 13,305 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL CAPITAINE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (GUSTO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CECILE GHIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHEIX EN RETZ RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (REVE D'UN LOOK). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	SARL CAPITAINE	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	2	GUSTO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CECILE GHIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	CHEIX EN RETZ RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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	REVE D'UN LOOK	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: 308 2023: 1,182 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 913 (2012) → 1,182 (2023): 29.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 442 (1990) → 1,182 (2023): 167.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 461, of which 2 % second homes and 1.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 2.7 km NWBakery — 3.5 km W 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 (Rouans): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cheix-en-Retz): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cheix-en-Retz): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Rouans): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Cheix-en-Retz): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

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, 16 km away at 26 m; the village itself is at 15 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at NANTES-BOUGUENAIS, 16 km away at 26 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 891 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PELLERIN(LE), 3.4 km away at 4 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 — 44039/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44039/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44039/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44039/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44145
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44039
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
Le Prêcheur	972	6,510 km W	1,479	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 %
Villeneuve-les-Sablons	60	368 km NE	1,196	36.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Mons-en-Laonnois	02	475 km NE	1,146	42.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Terssac	81	472 km SE	1,195	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Corbère-les-Cabanes	66	615 km SE	1,213	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 96 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Pierre-d'Aurillac	33	316 km SE	1,246	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pierre-d'Aurillac	33	316 km SE	1,246	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Villeneuve-les-Sablons	60	368 km NE	1,196	36.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Terssac	81	472 km SE	1,195	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Mons-en-Laonnois	02	475 km NE	1,146	42.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Corbère-les-Cabanes	66	615 km SE	1,213	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 96 % · humidity 36 %
Le Prêcheur	972	6,510 km W	1,479	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · 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 Cheix-en-Retz'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
Toutlemonde	49	81 km E	1,305	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mesnil-Aubry	95	376 km NE	914	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Denis-d'Anjou	53	123 km NE	1,495	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Villeperdue	37	185 km E	1,126	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Vraie-Croix	56	79 km NW	1,495	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Forcé	53	126 km NE	1,099	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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