Herbignac

Loire-Atlantique · CA de la Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique (Cap Atlantique) · INSEE 44072

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

Served 68.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Herbignac (INSEE 44072) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CA de la Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique (Cap Atlantique). Population 7,224 (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/44072-herbignac

Vitality score

Vitality score 68.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 3,350 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	0.58	25	14.49
Social	0.85	20	17.02
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.55	10	5.53
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE CAFE GOURMAND · AU TEMPS DES DELICES · LUMAMIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PANIER D'HERBI · O'VAL EN VERT). ^[3,4]

5 × Supermarket (SOHER · DERBYDIS · ALDI MARCHE · ANTHALDIS). ^[3,4]

18 × Restaurant (LA QUICHA · SARL LODA · CHEZ MONSIEUR COCHON · A TAVOLA). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (LE PASTEUR · BAR TABAC L'EXPLORATEUR · LE GUEGUEN'S · LA CABANE A MOUSSE). ^[4]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE-GUY CADOU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MARIE PAPE-CARPANTIER · ECOLE SAINTE MARIE DDEC). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE JACQUES PREVERT · COLLEGE PRIVE ST JOSEPH). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLAUDE PABOEUF, MÉDECIN · ADELINE BOSC, MÉDECIN · SEBASTIEN CORNU, MÉDECIN · MARIE DUCATEL, MÉDECIN · JEREMIE LE BRUN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PASTEUR · PHARMACIE CHIRON). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (CENTRE CULTUREL FRANÇOIS-MITTERRAND). ^[3]

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

4 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL D'HERBIGNAC · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST · PR EMPLOI PERSONNEL CCM HERBIGNAC). ^[3]

9 × Hairdresser (GENERATION FASHION · IMAGIN'HAIR · VOGUE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	LE CAFE GOURMAND · AU TEMPS DES DELICES · LUMAMIE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	PANIER D'HERBI · O'VAL EN VERT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	5	SOHER · DERBYDIS · ALDI MARCHE · ANTHALDIS	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	18	LA QUICHA · SARL LODA · CHEZ MONSIEUR COCHON · A TAVOLA	INSEE BPE 18 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	LE PASTEUR · BAR TABAC L'EXPLORATEUR · LE GUEGUEN'S · LA CABANE A MOUSSE	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE-GUY CADOU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MARIE PAPE-CARPANTIER · ECOLE SAINTE MARIE DDEC	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE JACQUES PREVERT · COLLEGE PRIVE ST JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	CLAUDE PABOEUF, MÉDECIN · ADELINE BOSC, MÉDECIN · SEBASTIEN CORNU, MÉDECIN · MARIE DUCATEL, MÉDECIN · JEREMIE LE BRUN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE PASTEUR · PHARMACIE CHIRON	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	CENTRE CULTUREL FRANÇOIS-MITTERRAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF LOUIS BRETECHER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL D'HERBIGNAC · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST · PR EMPLOI PERSONNEL CCM HERBIGNAC	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	9	GENERATION FASHION · IMAGIN'HAIR · VOGUE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 3,078 2023: 7,224 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,175 (2012) → 7,224 (2023): 17 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 4,175 (1990) → 7,224 (2023): 73 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,509, of which 5.4 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 1.1 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 (Herbignac): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

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

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

Primary school (Herbignac): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11

Days at or below 0 °C 27.8

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the HERBIGNAC weather station, 3 km away at 22 m; the village itself is at 16 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at ST NAZAIRE-MONTOIR, 19.4 km away at 3 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 900 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at HERBIGNAC, 3 km away at 22 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 — 44072/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44072/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44072/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44072/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44072
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
Guipry-Messac	35	57 km NE	7,354	64.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Kervignac	56	78 km NW	7,204	57.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Languidic	56	76 km NW	8,042	59.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 99 %
Vigneux-de-Bretagne	44	46 km E	6,692	57.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 69 %
Souleuvre en Bocage	14	198 km NE	8,629	70.8	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Mesnils-sur-Iton	27	297 km NE	6,078	55.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 58 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vigneux-de-Bretagne	44	46 km E	6,692	57.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 69 %
Guipry-Messac	35	57 km NE	7,354	64.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Languidic	56	76 km NW	8,042	59.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 99 %
Kervignac	56	78 km NW	7,204	57.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Souleuvre en Bocage	14	198 km NE	8,629	70.8	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Mesnils-sur-Iton	27	297 km NE	6,078	55.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 58 %

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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 Herbignac'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
Guipry-Messac	35	57 km NE	7,354	64.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Kervignac	56	78 km NW	7,204	57.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lys-Haut-Layon	49	139 km E	7,748	65	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bellevigne-en-Layon	49	138 km E	5,922	63.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Moëlan-sur-Mer	29	107 km NW	6,749	60.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Nivillac	56	9.9 km N	4,951	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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