Erbray

Loire-Atlantique · CC Châteaubriant-Derval · INSEE 44054

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

Few services 37.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Erbray (INSEE 44054) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Châteaubriant-Derval. Population 3,072 (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/44054-erbray

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 6,987 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	0.22	25	5.53
Social	0.37	20	7.49
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.11	10	1.11
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.78	10	7.84
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 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) (LE FOURNIL D'ERBRAY). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (F. DUVACHER). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI SERVICE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LES TROIS CHENES · RESTAURANT BAR TRAITEUR LA RE7). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA ROSE DES VENTS · ECOLE MIXTE STE ANNE DDEC). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ERBRAY). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFEUR LM DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL D'ERBRAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	F. DUVACHER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI SERVICE	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	3	LES TROIS CHENES · RESTAURANT BAR TRAITEUR LA RE7	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA ROSE DES VENTS · ECOLE MIXTE STE ANNE DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE PRIOU	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	ERBRAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ERBRAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	COIFFEUR LM DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / 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: 1,808 2023: 3,072 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,945 (2012) → 3,072 (2023): 4.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,392 (1990) → 3,072 (2023): 28.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,336, of which 1.3 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 5.5 km SW 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 (Erbray): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Erbray): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Moisdon-la-Rivière): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Erbray): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.3

Days at or below 0 °C 42

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SOUDAN weather station, 9.7 km away at 77 m; the village itself is at 55 m. ^[10]

An average of 818 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SOUDAN, 9.7 km away at 77 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 — 44054/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44054/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44054/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44054/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44054
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44099
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
Rédené	29	162 km W	3,043	48	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Mouzillon	44	57 km S	2,893	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 86 %
Beaumont Saint-Cyr	86	167 km SE	2,908	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 93 %
Renescure	59	434 km NE	2,113	51.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %
Trélivan	22	105 km NW	2,865	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 92 %
Dolomieu	38	568 km E	3,173	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 35 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mouzillon	44	57 km S	2,893	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 86 %
Trélivan	22	105 km NW	2,865	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 92 %
Rédené	29	162 km W	3,043	48	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Beaumont Saint-Cyr	86	167 km SE	2,908	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 93 %
Renescure	59	434 km NE	2,113	51.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %
Dolomieu	38	568 km E	3,173	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 35 %

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