Drefféac

Loire-Atlantique · CC du Pays de Pontchâteau St-Gildas-des-Bois · INSEE 44053

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

Few services 39/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Drefféac (INSEE 44053) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC du Pays de Pontchâteau St-Gildas-des-Bois. Population 2,288 (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/44053-dreffeac

Vitality score

Vitality score 39/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 8,757 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
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	4.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MIE NOE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MORCEAUX CHOISIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L'ARBRE ENCHANTE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ISABELLE HERRY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

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

4 × Hairdresser (LE BOUDOIR BY KIARA, COIFFURE ET ESTHETIQUE · L'ATELIER DE MALLO · LE SALON DE MEL). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA MIE NOE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MORCEAUX CHOISIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L'ARBRE ENCHANTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ISABELLE HERRY, 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	DREFFEAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE DREFFÉAC	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	4	LE BOUDOIR BY KIARA, COIFFURE ET ESTHETIQUE · L'ATELIER DE MALLO · LE SALON DE MEL	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 859 2023: 2,288 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,031 (2012) → 2,288 (2023): 12.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,296 (1990) → 2,288 (2023): 76.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 997, of which 1.9 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 0.7 km NEGP — 1.1 km SWPharmacy — 4.1 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 (Drefféac): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Drefféac): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Drefféac): 1.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Gildas-des-Bois): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Drefféac): 0.1 km to the north-east (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. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINT-JOACHIM_SAE weather station, 14.7 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 12 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST NAZAIRE-MONTOIR, 19.6 km away at 3 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 907 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PONTCHATEAU, 5.5 km away at 34 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 — 44053/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44053/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44053/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44053/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44053
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44161
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
Bresse Vallons	01	564 km E	2,388	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Lombron	72	197 km E	1,960	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Félines	07	573 km E	1,934	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Meillac	35	106 km N	1,974	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Notre-Dame-des-Landes	44	28 km E	2,360	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Gosné	35	96 km NE	2,145	45.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Notre-Dame-des-Landes	44	28 km E	2,360	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Gosné	35	96 km NE	2,145	45.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Meillac	35	106 km N	1,974	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Lombron	72	197 km E	1,960	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Bresse Vallons	01	564 km E	2,388	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Félines	07	573 km E	1,934	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · 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 Drefféac'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
Meillac	35	106 km N	1,974	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Treffléan	56	48 km NW	2,572	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Plougoumelen	56	68 km W	2,664	59.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe	87	304 km SE	1,743	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Lumine-de-Coutais	44	53 km SE	2,396	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Les Portes du Coglais	35	121 km NE	2,208	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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