Montrelais

Loire-Atlantique · CC du Pays d'Ancenis · INSEE 44104

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

Few services 37.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montrelais (INSEE 44104) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC du Pays d'Ancenis. Population 859 (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/44104-montrelais

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 15,230 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.96	10	9.63
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

1 × Café / bar (LA GUINCH'ETTE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JOACHIM DU BELLAY). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LA GUINCH'ETTE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JOACHIM DU BELLAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 514 2023: 859 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 850 (2012) → 859 (2023): 1.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 587 (1990) → 859 (2023): 46.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 386, of which 5.4 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.9 km NEFood shop — 3.4 km SEGP — 3.4 km SEPharmacy — 4.7 km W 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 (Montrelais): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mauges-sur-Loire): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mauges-sur-Loire): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Loireauxence): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Montrelais): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.3

Days at or below 0 °C 37.8

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ANCENIS weather station, 16.3 km away at 27 m; the village itself is at 12 m. ^[11]

An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ANCENIS, 16.3 km away at 27 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 — 44104/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44104/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44104/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44104/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44104
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49244
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44213
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
Kergloff	29	222 km NW	897	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 99 %
Plesder	35	135 km NW	790	37.8	Few services	no figures
Moon-sur-Elle	50	203 km N	781	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 85 %
Humbécourt	52	456 km E	761	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 80 %
Hennezis	27	270 km NE	744	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 82 %
Alluyes	28	198 km NE	756	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Plesder	35	135 km NW	790	37.8	Few services	no figures
Alluyes	28	198 km NE	756	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 86 %
Moon-sur-Elle	50	203 km N	781	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 85 %
Kergloff	29	222 km NW	897	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 99 %
Hennezis	27	270 km NE	744	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 82 %
Humbécourt	52	456 km E	761	34.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 80 %

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