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Fégréac

Loire-Atlantique · CA Redon Agglomération · INSEE 44057

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

Partly served 44.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fégréac (INSEE 44057) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CA Redon Agglomération. Population 2,243 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/44057-fegreac

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 8,851 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.26256.56
Social0.512010.26
Education0.63106.32
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.7106.97
Housing mix0.8354.13

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 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) (L C NAULEAU). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE BISTROT GOURMAND). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DES SPORTS · LA LICORNE). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA MADELEINE · ECOLE PRIVEE MIXTE ST CHARLES DDEC). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES PLANTES). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (LA MÉDIATHÈQUE). [3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (SALON K). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1L C NAULEAUINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1VIVALINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LE BISTROT GOURMANDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar2CAFE DES SPORTS · LA LICORNEINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA MADELEINE · ECOLE PRIVEE MIXTE ST CHARLES DDECINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DES PLANTESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1LA MÉDIATHÈQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE DES SPORTSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1SALON KINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,835 peak 2017: 2,445 2023: 2,243 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,317 (2012) → 2,243 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,874 (1990) → 2,243 (2023): 19.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,215, of which 8.7 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 4.9 km W (Rieux)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 4.9 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 (Fégréac): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Fégréac): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Rieux): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Fégréac): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Fégréac): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44057/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44057/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44057/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44057/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 44057
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 56194

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Hénon22101 km NW2,31049.1Partly servedno figures
Vernantes49159 km E2,00455.4Partly servedno figures
Septème38584 km E2,18646.5Partly servedno figures
Gièvres41281 km E2,26858.3Partly servedno figures
Les Touches4449 km E2,63847.6Partly servedno figures
Saint-Pal-de-Mons43549 km SE2,35852.1Partly servedno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Les Touches4449 km E2,63847.6Partly servedno figures
Hénon22101 km NW2,31049.1Partly servedno figures
Vernantes49159 km E2,00455.4Partly servedno figures
Gièvres41281 km E2,26858.3Partly servedno figures
Saint-Pal-de-Mons43549 km SE2,35852.1Partly servedno figures
Septème38584 km E2,18646.5Partly servedno figures

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