Donges

Loire-Atlantique · CA de la Région Nazairienne et de l'Estuaire (CARENE) · INSEE 44052

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

Partly served 50.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Donges (INSEE 44052) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CA de la Région Nazairienne et de l'Estuaire (CARENE). Population 8,219 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/44052-donges

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 2,958 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	0.7	20	13.92
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.46	10	4.61
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.79	10	7.89
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA RAFFINEE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EVIDENCE). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LYNEL'DO · CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (AU ROI DE LA FRITE · CAFE-RESTAURANT DE LA POSTE · PIZZA PAOLI · LE RESTAURANT D'IZMIR · LA POMMERAIE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CHEZ KAREN · LE SULKY · LES SIX CROIX). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DANIELLE CASANOVA). ^[3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE LA POMMERAYE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE AIME CESAIRE · ECOLE ST JOSEPH DDEC). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ARTHUR RIMBAUD). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLEMENT BERNARD, MÉDECIN · HELENE MIEN, MÉDECIN · BLANCHE FOLLET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LELIEVRE · PHARMACIE BEGO). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE JULES VERNE). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (ESPACE RENAISSANCE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLES OMNISPORTS MUNICIPALES · COMPLEXE DU BOIS HOUTA). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE DONGE · PR EMPLOI PERSONNEL CCM DONGES). ^[3]

10 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE C & M STYLE · EL'COIFF'). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Bank, 4 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA RAFFINEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EVIDENCE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	LYNEL'DO · CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	8	AU ROI DE LA FRITE · CAFE-RESTAURANT DE LA POSTE · PIZZA PAOLI · LE RESTAURANT D'IZMIR · LA POMMERAIE	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	CHEZ KAREN · LE SULKY · LES SIX CROIX	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DANIELLE CASANOVA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE LA POMMERAYE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE AIME CESAIRE · ECOLE ST JOSEPH DDEC	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE ARTHUR RIMBAUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	CLEMENT BERNARD, MÉDECIN · HELENE MIEN, MÉDECIN · BLANCHE FOLLET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE LELIEVRE · PHARMACIE BEGO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE JULES VERNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	ESPACE RENAISSANCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	SALLES OMNISPORTS MUNICIPALES · COMPLEXE DU BOIS HOUTA	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE DONGE · PR EMPLOI PERSONNEL CCM DONGES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	10	COIFFURE C & M STYLE · EL'COIFF'	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 6,458 2023: 8,219 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 7,092 (2012) → 8,219 (2023): 15.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 6,377 (1990) → 8,219 (2023): 28.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,820, of which 1.5 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 2.7 km NW 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 (Donges): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Donges): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Donges): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.5

Days at or below 0 °C 25.6

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 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST NAZAIRE-MONTOIR weather station, 6.1 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 11 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at ST NAZAIRE-MONTOIR, 6.1 km away at 3 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 798 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST NAZAIRE-MONTOIR, 6.1 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 — 44052/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44052/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44052/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44052/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44052
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
Ombrée d'Anjou	49	83 km NE	8,813	65	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Sainte-Rose	974	9,553 km SE	6,557	60.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 65 %
Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot	47	385 km SE	6,541	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Bellevigny	85	77 km SE	6,240	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Courthézon	84	648 km SE	6,426	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Naintré	86	203 km E	5,964	46.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bellevigny	85	77 km SE	6,240	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Ombrée d'Anjou	49	83 km NE	8,813	65	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Naintré	86	203 km E	5,964	46.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot	47	385 km SE	6,541	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Courthézon	84	648 km SE	6,426	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Rose	974	9,553 km SE	6,557	60.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 65 %

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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 Donges'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
Bellevigny	85	77 km SE	6,240	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Questembert	56	47 km NW	8,133	70	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Machecoul-Saint-Même	44	41 km SE	7,689	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu	44	45 km SE	9,400	66.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Nort-sur-Erdre	44	45 km E	9,570	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Rosporden	29	149 km NW	7,550	61.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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