La Chevrolière

Loire-Atlantique · CC Grand Lieu Communauté · INSEE 44041

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

Partly served 55/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chevrolière (INSEE 44041) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Grand Lieu Communauté. Population 6,539 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/44041-la-chevroliere

Vitality score

Vitality score 55/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 3,652 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	0.32	25	8.08
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL PLACE SAINT MARTIN · BOULANGERIE DU LAC MV · EKUREUIL). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE-CHARCUTERIE CHEVROLIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (TOMATE ET BASILIC · L'ADRIATIQUE · LE TOURNEBRIDE · DELMAR CROQ'CAFE · RESTAURANT LES COUTUMES). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE ST MARTIN · DU BEC O FOUET). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE E. BERANGER). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ADOLPHE COUPRIE · SERVICES ADMINISTRATIFS). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCOIS-XAVIER HUBERT, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-EMILE BROYARD, MÉDECIN · AUDREY MORICE-RAMAT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LE GRAND LIEU). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF HUGUES MARTIN). ^[3]

1 × Bank (PR EMPLOI PERSONNEL CCM LA CHEVROLIERE). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (PAUSE COIFFURE · EVA BEAUTY' STYLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (VILLA DES MARAIS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	SARL PLACE SAINT MARTIN · BOULANGERIE DU LAC MV · EKUREUIL	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE-CHARCUTERIE CHEVROLIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	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	8	TOMATE ET BASILIC · L'ADRIATIQUE · LE TOURNEBRIDE · DELMAR CROQ'CAFE · RESTAURANT LES COUTUMES	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LE ST MARTIN · DU BEC O FOUET	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE E. BERANGER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ADOLPHE COUPRIE · SERVICES ADMINISTRATIFS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	FRANCOIS-XAVIER HUBERT, MÉDECIN · PIERRE-EMILE BROYARD, MÉDECIN · AUDREY MORICE-RAMAT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA CHEVROLIERE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE LE GRAND LIEU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF HUGUES MARTIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	PR EMPLOI PERSONNEL CCM LA CHEVROLIERE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	7	PAUSE COIFFURE · EVA BEAUTY' STYLE	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	VILLA DES MARAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 2,139 2023: 6,539 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,164 (2012) → 6,539 (2023): 26.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 4,272 (1990) → 6,539 (2023): 53.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,816, of which 1 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.8 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 (La Chevrolière): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Chevrolière): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Chevrolière): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Chevrolière): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

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, 6.3 km away at 26 m; the village itself is at 8 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at NANTES-BOUGUENAIS, 6.3 km away at 26 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 824 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NANTES-BOUGUENAIS, 6.3 km away at 26 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 — 44041/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44041/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44041/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44041/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44041
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44150
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 Perray-en-Yvelines	78	314 km NE	6,480	53.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Loriol-sur-Drôme	26	562 km SE	6,614	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Limours	91	325 km NE	6,517	52	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Gueugnon	71	435 km E	6,528	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Montech	82	413 km SE	6,663	59.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Bréal-sous-Montfort	35	108 km N	6,391	59.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bréal-sous-Montfort	35	108 km N	6,391	59.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Perray-en-Yvelines	78	314 km NE	6,480	53.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Limours	91	325 km NE	6,517	52	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Montech	82	413 km SE	6,663	59.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Gueugnon	71	435 km E	6,528	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Loriol-sur-Drôme	26	562 km SE	6,614	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 82 % · 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 La Chevrolière'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
Bréal-sous-Montfort	35	108 km N	6,391	59.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Loudun	86	129 km E	6,839	64.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc	44	24 km NW	7,780	59.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Jaunay-Marigny	86	158 km E	7,528	60.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Mordelles	35	110 km N	7,911	63.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Monts	37	172 km E	8,080	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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