Marsac-sur-Don

Loire-Atlantique · CC Châteaubriant-Derval · INSEE 44091

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

Partly served 42.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marsac-sur-Don (INSEE 44091) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Châteaubriant-Derval. Population 1,524 (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/44091-marsac-sur-don

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 11,508 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.78	10	7.79
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DU DON). ^[4,3]

2 × Restaurant (LES BAGELS DE L'OUEST · AUBERGE DE LA ROCHE). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (A LA MAISON). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE VAL DU DON · ECOLE SAINT LEGER DDEC). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENT NURIT, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MARSAC SUR DON RP). ^[4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MARSAC-SUR-DON). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (C. ET N. CREATION · ELO'LISS). ^[4,3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE DU DON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2	LES BAGELS DE L'OUEST · AUBERGE DE LA ROCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Café / bar	1	A LA MAISON	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE VAL DU DON · ECOLE SAINT LEGER DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	LAURENT NURIT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	MARSAC SUR DON RP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MARSAC-SUR-DON	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	C. ET N. CREATION · ELO'LISS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,227 2023: 1,524 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,475 (2012) → 1,524 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,192 (1990) → 1,524 (2023): 27.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 760, of which 4.7 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 5.2 km SPharmacy — 5.4 km SE 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 (Vay): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marsac-sur-Don): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Marsac-sur-Don): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Nozay): 5.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Marsac-sur-Don): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.4

Days at or below 0 °C 36.6

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 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DERVAL weather station, 10.5 km away at 43 m; the village itself is at 38 m. ^[11]

An average of 885 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NOZAY, 5.8 km away at 44 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44091/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44091/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44091/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44091/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44214
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44091
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44113
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
Gamarde-les-Bains	40	435 km S	1,583	45.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 95 %
Rions	33	342 km S	1,470	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Denis-de-Gastines	53	103 km NE	1,463	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 %
Vergigny	89	405 km E	1,486	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Carreuc	22	119 km NW	1,576	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Éloy-de-Gy	18	307 km E	1,581	44.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 84 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Denis-de-Gastines	53	103 km NE	1,463	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Carreuc	22	119 km NW	1,576	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Éloy-de-Gy	18	307 km E	1,581	44.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 84 %
Rions	33	342 km S	1,470	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 88 %
Vergigny	89	405 km E	1,486	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 82 %
Gamarde-les-Bains	40	435 km S	1,583	45.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 95 %

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