La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 48.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne (INSEE 44095) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Châteaubriant-Derval. Population 1,606 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 48.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 72 % of the 11,127 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| 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 | 0.96 | 10 | 9.64 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.69 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PAIN D'ANTAN). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MAREE PRIMEURS HARDY). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (L'AQUARIUS). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (CHEZ MANU). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE SAINTE MARIE DDEC). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MAISON COLLIN). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA MEILLERAYE DE BGNE RP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA MEILLERAYE-DE-BRETAGNE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (BECHE-PAIE AUDE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | AU PAIN D'ANTAN | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | MAREE PRIMEURS HARDY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | L'AQUARIUS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | CHEZ MANU | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE SAINTE MARIE DDEC | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE MAISON COLLIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA MEILLERAYE DE BGNE RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA MEILLERAYE-DE-BRETAGNE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | BECHE-PAIE AUDE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,447 (2012) → 1,606 (2023): 11 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,097 (1990) → 1,606 (2023): 46.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 753, of which 3.1 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Grand-Auverné): 6.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Moisdon-la-Rivière): 7.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the NORT-SUR-ERDRE weather station, 17.2 km away at 13 m; the village itself is at 86 m. [11]
The village sits 73 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at NORT-SUR-ERDRE, 17.2 km away at 13 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 73 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 820 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at JOUE-SUR-ERDRE, 5 km away at 42 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
112 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 140,000 € — 1,424 € per m² of built surface. [12]
6 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 141,750 € — 922 € per m². [12]
The median across Loire-Atlantique is 2,768 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44095/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44095/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44095/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44095/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 44065
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 44095
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 44099
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mansac | 19 | 341 km SE | 1,554 | 50.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gaël | 35 | 88 km NW | 1,613 | 47 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare | 24 | 337 km SE | 1,672 | 49.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 % |
| Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont | 70 | 580 km E | 1,426 | 43.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vernantes | 49 | 111 km E | 2,004 | 55.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Ormes | 86 | 165 km SE | 1,613 | 37.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaël | 35 | 88 km NW | 1,613 | 47 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vernantes | 49 | 111 km E | 2,004 | 55.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Ormes | 86 | 165 km SE | 1,613 | 37.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare | 24 | 337 km SE | 1,672 | 49.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 % |
| Mansac | 19 | 341 km SE | 1,554 | 50.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont | 70 | 580 km E | 1,426 | 43.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berné | 56 | 157 km W | 1,551 | 42.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Touches | 44 | 13 km S | 2,638 | 47.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Paulx | 44 | 72 km S | 2,054 | 42.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ruffiac | 56 | 72 km NW | 1,422 | 48.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beaumont Saint-Cyr | 86 | 166 km SE | 2,908 | 56.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Écouves | 61 | 153 km NE | 1,663 | 48 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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