Mouais

Loire-Atlantique · CC Châteaubriant-Derval · INSEE 44105

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 33.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mouais (INSEE 44105) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Châteaubriant-Derval. Population 352 (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/44105-mouais

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 18,064 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	25	0
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.76	10	7.57
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (PICASSIETTE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE OLYMPE DE GOUGES). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MOUAIS). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	PICASSIETTE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE OLYMPE DE GOUGES	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MOUAIS	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 356 peak 2012: 394 2023: 352 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 394 (2012) → 352 (2023): -10.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 280 (1990) → 352 (2023): 25.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 189, of which 5.8 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.3 km SGP — 3.5 km SWPharmacy — 3.6 km SWBakery — 3.8 km SW 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 (Derval): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Derval): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Derval): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Derval): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Mouais): 0 km to the south-east (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. ^[10]

Measured at the DERVAL weather station, 3.2 km away at 43 m; the village itself is at 31 m. ^[10]

An average of 783 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DERVAL, 3.2 km away at 43 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44105/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44105/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44105/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44105/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44051
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44105
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
Quintenic	22	108 km NW	363	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 88 %
Châtelneuf	42	486 km SE	354	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 32 %
Galapian	47	410 km SE	333	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Noaille	33	367 km S	382	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 95 %
Carlipa	11	570 km SE	332	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 89 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Fray	72	137 km E	421	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Quintenic	22	108 km NW	363	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 88 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Fray	72	137 km E	421	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Noaille	33	367 km S	382	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 95 %
Galapian	47	410 km SE	333	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 96 %
Châtelneuf	42	486 km SE	354	33.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 32 %
Carlipa	11	570 km SE	332	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 89 %

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Elsewhere

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