Fay-de-Bretagne

Loire-Atlantique · CC d'Erdre et Gesvres · INSEE 44056

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

Partly served 40.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fay-de-Bretagne (INSEE 44056) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC d'Erdre et Gesvres. Population 4,023 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/44056-fay-de-bretagne

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 16 % of the 5,604 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	0.15	25	3.69
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU FOURNIL FAYEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (FAYVALLEE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (FAY MOI UNE PIZZA · CH SERVICES). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HENRI RIVIERE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST MARTIN). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ELODIE GALAND, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE SICARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (FAY DE BRETAGNE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LA GRANGE). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (UN HAIR DE FAMILLE · MIRELLA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU FOURNIL FAYEN	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	FAYVALLEE	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	2	FAY MOI UNE PIZZA · CH SERVICES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HENRI RIVIERE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST MARTIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ELODIE GALAND, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE SICARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LAMBERT BREMENT	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	FAY DE BRETAGNE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LA GRANGE	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	2	UN HAIR DE FAMILLE · MIRELLA COIFFURE	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 [3,4]
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: 2,109 2023: 4,023 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,386 (2012) → 4,023 (2023): 18.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,388 (1990) → 4,023 (2023): 68.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,726, of which 2.3 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 4.3 km W 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 (Bouvron): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fay-de-Bretagne): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fay-de-Bretagne): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Fay-de-Bretagne): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fay-de-Bretagne): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.5

Days at or below 0 °C 50.9

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BLAIN weather station, 6.7 km away at 13 m; the village itself is at 45 m. ^[10]

An average of 845 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BLAIN, 6.7 km away at 13 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44056/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44056/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44056/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44056/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44056
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
Ingwiller	67	706 km E	3,995	50	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 81 %
La Bruffière	85	63 km SE	3,987	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Replonges	01	522 km E	3,956	44.5	Partly served	no figures
Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine	44	48 km SE	4,156	50.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 74 %
Hussigny-Godbrange	54	610 km NE	3,912	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
Pluguffan	29	189 km W	4,223	46.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 51 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine	44	48 km SE	4,156	50.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 74 %
La Bruffière	85	63 km SE	3,987	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Pluguffan	29	189 km W	4,223	46.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 51 %
Replonges	01	522 km E	3,956	44.5	Partly served	no figures
Hussigny-Godbrange	54	610 km NE	3,912	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
Ingwiller	67	706 km E	3,995	50	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 81 %

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Elsewhere

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