Machecoul-Saint-Même

Loire-Atlantique · CC Sud Retz Atlantique · INSEE 44087

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

Partly served 57.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Machecoul-Saint-Même (INSEE 44087) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Sud Retz Atlantique. Population 7,689 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Saint-Même-le-Tenu (44181). ^[3]

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/44087-machecoul-saint-meme

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).

Better served than 68 % of the 3,171 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	0.35	25	8.79
Social	0.75	20	15.04
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.47	10	4.67
Public & culture	0.31	5	1.54
Population trend	0.79	10	7.94
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.73

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 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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. ^[4,5]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE SAVEURS & DELICES · BOULANGERIE SPPINEAU SARL · LE MOULIN DE MACHECOUL). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PALET GOURMAND). ^[4,5]

3 × Supermarket (LIDL · SIDONAM · NETTO). ^[4,5]

1 × Fishmonger (LA POISSONNERIE). ^[4,5]

15 × Restaurant (PIZZA DIDIER · BISTROT LA FARANDOUILLE · LA FLEUR DE SEL · LA MACHECOULETTE · L'ART ET LA MANIERE). ^[4,5]

3 × Café / bar (LE CAFE DU PORT · LE VALER'YAN). ^[5]

4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA GENETTE · ECOLE SAINT HONORE DDEC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST LOUIS). ^[4]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE RAYMOND QUENEAU · ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH). ^[4]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DAPHNE BEGHIN, MÉDECIN · MELANIE BUGUET, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE HERAULT, MÉDECIN · EMILIE HERAULT-LIGNON, MÉDECIN · ANTONY GARREAU, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CENTR HALLES). ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[4]

2 × Library (LA VIRGULE BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE (MACHECOUL · BIBLIOTHÈQUE A MÊME DE LIRE (SAINT-MÊME). ^[4]

1 × Cinema (CINÉMACHECOUL). ^[4]

2 × Gym / sports hall (PARC DES SPORT DE LA RABINE · SALLE LES REDOUX). ^[4]

6 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE BRETAGNE - PAYS DE LOIRE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE MACHECOUL · BANQUE CIC OUEST · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST). ^[4]

9 × Hairdresser (HMB STYL' · LE SOFFA · L'ATELIER DE LAETITIA · A TOUT STYLE). ^[4,5]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4,5]

1 × Hotel (LE MAS DES MARAIS). ^[4,5]

3 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING DE LA RABINE). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[5,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	BOULANGERIE SAVEURS & DELICES · BOULANGERIE SPPINEAU SARL · LE MOULIN DE MACHECOUL	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE PALET GOURMAND	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket	3	LIDL · SIDONAM · NETTO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	1	LA POISSONNERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Restaurant	15	PIZZA DIDIER · BISTROT LA FARANDOUILLE · LA FLEUR DE SEL · LA MACHECOULETTE · L'ART ET LA MANIERE	INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [4,5]
Café / bar	3	LE CAFE DU PORT · LE VALER'YAN	INSEE SIRENE 3 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	4	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA GENETTE · ECOLE SAINT HONORE DDEC · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST LOUIS	INSEE BPE 4 [4]
Collège	2	COLLEGE RAYMOND QUENEAU · ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	DAPHNE BEGHIN, MÉDECIN · MELANIE BUGUET, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE HERAULT, MÉDECIN · EMILIE HERAULT-LIGNON, MÉDECIN · ANTONY GARREAU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE CENTR HALLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	2	LA VIRGULE BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE (MACHECOUL · BIBLIOTHÈQUE A MÊME DE LIRE (SAINT-MÊME	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Cinema	1	CINÉMACHECOUL	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Gym / sports hall	2	PARC DES SPORT DE LA RABINE · SALLE LES REDOUX	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	6	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE BRETAGNE - PAYS DE LOIRE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE MACHECOUL · BANQUE CIC OUEST · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST	INSEE BPE 6 [4]
Hairdresser	9	HMB STYL' · LE SOFFA · L'ATELIER DE LAETITIA · A TOUT STYLE	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [4,5]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Hotel	1	LE MAS DES MARAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Campsite	3	CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING DE LA RABINE	INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 4,937 2023: 7,689 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 7,182 (2012) → 7,689 (2023): 7.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 5,942 (1990) → 7,689 (2023): 29.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,868, of which 2.7 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 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 (Machecoul-Saint-Même): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Machecoul-Saint-Même): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Machecoul-Saint-Même): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Machecoul-Saint-Même): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Machecoul-Saint-Même): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.1

Days at or below 0 °C 32.8

Muggy days a summer 2.4

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 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-MEME-LE-TENU weather station, 3 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 4 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST-MEME-LE-TENU, 3 km away at 4 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 827 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-MEME-LE-TENU, 3 km away at 4 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44087/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44087/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44087/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44087/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44087
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
Pluvigner	56	125 km NW	7,682	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 88 %
Pourrières	83	707 km SE	5,642	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Chaumes-en-Retz	44	17 km NW	7,440	64.7	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin	38	586 km E	7,698	61.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Donges	44	41 km NW	8,219	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Theix-Noyalo	56	95 km NW	8,500	64.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chaumes-en-Retz	44	17 km NW	7,440	64.7	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Donges	44	41 km NW	8,219	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Theix-Noyalo	56	95 km NW	8,500	64.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Pluvigner	56	125 km NW	7,682	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 88 %
Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin	38	586 km E	7,698	61.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Pourrières	83	707 km SE	5,642	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · 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 Machecoul-Saint-Même'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
Donges	44	41 km NW	8,219	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Theix-Noyalo	56	95 km NW	8,500	64.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Elven	56	101 km NW	6,651	57.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche	87	285 km SE	6,830	66.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Guichen	35	108 km N	9,412	74.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Argentré-du-Plessis	35	129 km NE	4,633	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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