Mauves-sur-Loire
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 45.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Mauves-sur-Loire (INSEE 44094) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of Nantes Métropole. Population 3,409 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/44094-mauves-sur-loire
Vitality score
Vitality score 45.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 36 % of the 6,400 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 | 0.2 | 25 | 5.12 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.53 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.5 | 10 | 4.99 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.82 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE BELOIN · LA FILLE DU BOULANGER). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DU PORT). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (L'ART DES METS · MZ PIZZA · CHEZ JESS). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE · ECOLE SAINT JOSEPH DDEC). [3]
6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THOMAS LABE, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE DAVANNE, MÉDECIN · MARIE IMBERT, MÉDECIN · DOMITILLE JAVELOT, MÉDECIN · LORÉNA REVERBEL, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MAUVES SUR LOIRE RP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE GEORGE SAND). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU PRE AUX OIES). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (POUPARD ANITA · ADAN ET SAM · COTE MIROIR). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | BOULANGERIE BELOIN · LA FILLE DU BOULANGER | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | L'EPICERIE DU PORT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 4 | L'ART DES METS · MZ PIZZA · CHEZ JESS | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE · ECOLE SAINT JOSEPH DDEC | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 6 | THOMAS LABE, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE DAVANNE, MÉDECIN · MARIE IMBERT, MÉDECIN · DOMITILLE JAVELOT, MÉDECIN · LORÉNA REVERBEL, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | MAUVES SUR LOIRE RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE GEORGE SAND | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU PRE AUX OIES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | POUPARD ANITA · ADAN ET SAM · COTE MIROIR | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday matin place de l'Église. [5]
Trajectory
Population 3,106 (2012) → 3,409 (2023): 9.8 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 2,138 (1990) → 3,409 (2023): 59.4 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,424, of which 1.8 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Mauves-sur-Loire): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Mauves-sur-Loire): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Mauves-sur-Loire): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Thouaré-sur-Loire): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Mauves-sur-Loire): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the HAIE-FOUASSIERE weather station, 15.1 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 39 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at NORT-SUR-ERDRE, 16.8 km away at 13 m, over 21 summers. [11]
An average of 915 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at NANTES-VILLE, 11.9 km away at 17 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44094/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.mauvessurloire.fr/actualites/poissonnerie-le-marlu/— “Matthieu Callard est présent sur la place de l'Église tous les samedis matin”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44094/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44094/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44094/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 44094
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 44204
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cléguer | 56 | 162 km NW | 3,460 | 47.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Piré-Chancé | 35 | 79 km N | 3,224 | 40.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bellevigne-les-Châteaux | 49 | 100 km E | 3,435 | 40.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner | 29 | 234 km NW | 3,148 | 44.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nouvoitou | 35 | 84 km N | 3,911 | 42.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plouvien | 29 | 266 km NW | 3,968 | 37 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piré-Chancé | 35 | 79 km N | 3,224 | 40.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nouvoitou | 35 | 84 km N | 3,911 | 42.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bellevigne-les-Châteaux | 49 | 100 km E | 3,435 | 40.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cléguer | 56 | 162 km NW | 3,460 | 47.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner | 29 | 234 km NW | 3,148 | 44.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plouvien | 29 | 266 km NW | 3,968 | 37 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · 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 Mauves-sur-Loire'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevigne-les-Châteaux | 49 | 100 km E | 3,435 | 40.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Durtal | 49 | 96 km NE | 3,386 | 48.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bournezeau | 85 | 76 km S | 3,452 | 49.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Briollay | 49 | 73 km NE | 3,225 | 45.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Trémentines | 49 | 50 km SE | 3,101 | 35.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Petit-Mars | 44 | 12 km NW | 3,888 | 42.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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