Crossac

Loire-Atlantique · CC du Pays de Pontchâteau St-Gildas-des-Bois · INSEE 44050

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

Partly served 48/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Crossac (INSEE 44050) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC du Pays de Pontchâteau St-Gildas-des-Bois. Population 2,974 (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/44050-crossac

Vitality score

Vitality score 48/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 7,166 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.81	10	8.06
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (JAUNET CATHY · PAINCHAT). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (DU LAC A LA BRIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE P'TIT LOCAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA FERME DU BLANCHOT ET LE TOUR DU CHAT). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CONDORCET · ECOLE MONTFORT DDEC). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CENDRINE PAQUOT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (PARC DE LA GAGNERIE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (ATELIER COIFFURE BY AURELIE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	JAUNET CATHY · PAINCHAT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	DU LAC A LA BRIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE P'TIT LOCAL	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	1	LA FERME DU BLANCHOT ET LE TOUR DU CHAT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CONDORCET · ECOLE MONTFORT DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CENDRINE PAQUOT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE FOUCQUIER	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	CROSSAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE CROSSAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	PARC DE LA GAGNERIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	ATELIER COIFFURE BY AURELIE	INSEE BPE 2 / 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]
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: 1,558 2023: 2,974 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,808 (2012) → 2,974 (2023): 5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,277 (1990) → 2,974 (2023): 30.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,316, of which 2.4 % second homes and 6.7 % 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 (Crossac): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Crossac): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Crossac): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.8

Days at or below 0 °C 25.8

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 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the SAINT-JOACHIM_SAE weather station, 3.7 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 7 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ST NAZAIRE-MONTOIR, 10.9 km away at 3 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 838 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SAINT-JOACHIM_SAE, 3.7 km away at 3 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44050/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44050/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44050/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44050/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44050
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
Château-Thébaud	44	65 km SE	3,129	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lamonzie-Saint-Martin	24	347 km SE	2,742	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Just-Chaleyssin	38	585 km E	2,695	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Joué-sur-Erdre	44	57 km E	2,797	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-d'Elle	50	207 km NE	2,516	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Wingersheim les Quatre Bans	67	743 km E	2,342	53.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Joué-sur-Erdre	44	57 km E	2,797	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Château-Thébaud	44	65 km SE	3,129	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-d'Elle	50	207 km NE	2,516	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lamonzie-Saint-Martin	24	347 km SE	2,742	47.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Just-Chaleyssin	38	585 km E	2,695	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Wingersheim les Quatre Bans	67	743 km E	2,342	53.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Crossac'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
Joué-sur-Erdre	44	57 km E	2,797	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Viaud	44	21 km SE	2,929	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Rédené	29	109 km NW	3,043	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Corcoué-sur-Logne	44	67 km SE	3,265	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Rouans	44	34 km SE	3,301	40.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Plumelec	56	59 km NW	2,754	68	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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