La Montagne

Loire-Atlantique · Nantes Métropole · INSEE 44101

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

Partly served 57.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Montagne (INSEE 44101) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of Nantes Métropole. Population 6,505 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[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/44101-la-montagne

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 3,679 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	0.42	25	10.39
Social	0.76	20	15.27
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.54	10	5.43
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.67	10	6.71
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 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 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON NICOLAS · LE FILS DU BOULANGER · UNE MONTAGNE DE GOURMANDISES · GATH&VOUS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (EVERRARD). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BIO DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (HACDIS · CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (L'ENTRACTE · L'ATELIER DE CAROLE · LA SPEED'ZZERIA · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS · ROYAL). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (CAFE LE MODERNE · LA CRAVACHE D'OR · BAR TABAC PRESSE DE LA BRIANDIERE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARCEL GOUZIL). ^[3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES FERRY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE · ECOLE NOTRE DAME DDEC). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE SAINT EXUPERY · COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE DAME). ^[3]

8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VALERIE DEZAMY, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE GERVOT, MÉDECIN · MICHELLE LABBE, MÉDECIN · LIONEL GOUY, MÉDECIN · CHARLES-HENRY MERCIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE ORAIN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE YVES ET RAYMOND GAUDIN). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LE MONTAGNARD). ^[3]

3 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTS LOISIRS FRANCIS LESPINET · GYMNASE SAINT EXUPERY · SALLE POLYVALENTE DE LA GAUDINIERE). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE LA MONTAGNE - ST JEAN DE BOISEAU · AGENCE DE LA MONTAGNE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (SA MI COIFFURE · SARL BARTEAU · GEFFARD MARIE-PAULE). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Nursery school (maternelle), 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	MAISON NICOLAS · LE FILS DU BOULANGER · UNE MONTAGNE DE GOURMANDISES · GATH&VOUS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	EVERRARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	BIO DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	HACDIS · CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	9	L'ENTRACTE · L'ATELIER DE CAROLE · LA SPEED'ZZERIA · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS · ROYAL	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	CAFE LE MODERNE · LA CRAVACHE D'OR · BAR TABAC PRESSE DE LA BRIANDIERE	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARCEL GOUZIL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES FERRY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE · ECOLE NOTRE DAME DDEC	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE SAINT EXUPERY · COLLEGE PRIVE NOTRE DAME	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	8	VALERIE DEZAMY, MÉDECIN · CATHERINE GERVOT, MÉDECIN · MICHELLE LABBE, MÉDECIN · LIONEL GOUY, MÉDECIN · CHARLES-HENRY MERCIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 8 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE ORAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE YVES ET RAYMOND GAUDIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LE MONTAGNARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	3	COMPLEXE SPORTS LOISIRS FRANCIS LESPINET · GYMNASE SAINT EXUPERY · SALLE POLYVALENTE DE LA GAUDINIERE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE LA MONTAGNE - ST JEAN DE BOISEAU · AGENCE DE LA MONTAGNE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	5	SA MI COIFFURE · SARL BARTEAU · GEFFARD MARIE-PAULE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 5,025 2023: 6,505 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,981 (2012) → 6,505 (2023): 8.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 5,555 (1990) → 6,505 (2023): 17.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,893, of which 0.9 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 0.5 km SEGP — 0.6 km S 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 (La Montagne): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Montagne): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Montagne): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Montagne): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Montagne): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.9

Days at or below 0 °C 28.2

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 13 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 NANTES-BOUGUENAIS weather station, 7.5 km away at 26 m; the village itself is at 22 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at NANTES-BOUGUENAIS, 7.5 km away at 26 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 824 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at NANTES-BOUGUENAIS, 7.5 km away at 26 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 — 44101/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44101/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44101/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44101/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44101
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
Estaires	59	501 km NE	6,525	60.1	Served	no figures
Frouard	54	607 km E	6,444	62.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Grenay	62	486 km NE	6,644	54.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 80 %
Louvroil	59	537 km NE	6,294	59.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Gaillon	27	313 km NE	6,746	66.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Victoret	13	684 km SE	6,730	67.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gaillon	27	313 km NE	6,746	66.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Grenay	62	486 km NE	6,644	54.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 80 %
Estaires	59	501 km NE	6,525	60.1	Served	no figures
Louvroil	59	537 km NE	6,294	59.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Frouard	54	607 km E	6,444	62.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Victoret	13	684 km SE	6,730	67.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Montagne'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
Gaillon	27	313 km NE	6,746	66.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis	78	321 km NE	7,276	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Vern-sur-Seiche	35	95 km N	8,207	61.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf	76	307 km NE	8,306	57.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Lillebonne	76	307 km NE	8,541	71.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Margny-lès-Compiègne	60	415 km NE	8,677	67.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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