Les Moutiers-en-Retz

Loire-Atlantique · CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz · INSEE 44106

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

Partly served 54.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Moutiers-en-Retz (INSEE 44106) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz. Population 1,939 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/44106-les-moutiers-en-retz

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 84 % of the 9,810 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.85	20	16.95
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0	5	0.01

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (L'EPI MONASTERIEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (FURET PERE ET FILS). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI · LA BOUTIQUE DE L'AIR MARIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA BOITE AUX FROMAGES). ^[4]

1 × Fishmonger (POISSONNERIE DE LA BAIE). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LES EPIS · LA MAISON DE L'ECLUSIER · LA PETITE MONASTERIENNE · LA P'TITE PLACE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LA CAVE SAINT BERNARD · LE CAFE DU VIGNOBLE · LA GUINGUETTE DES MOUTIERS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ERIC TABARLY). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MATHILDE PAVY-GROSDIDIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES MOUTIERS EN RETZ AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE RAYMOND DEVOS). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DU PRE VINCENT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (RETZ LATITUDE). ^[3,4]

6 × Campsite (CAMPING DOMAINE DU COLLET · LE VILLAGE DE LA MER · CAMPING LES BRILLAS · CAMPING HERMITAGE DES DUNES · CAMPING LA PLAGE DES OLIVIERS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'EPI MONASTERIEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	FURET PERE ET FILS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	PROXI · LA BOUTIQUE DE L'AIR MARIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	1	LA BOITE AUX FROMAGES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Fishmonger	1	POISSONNERIE DE LA BAIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	LES EPIS · LA MAISON DE L'ECLUSIER · LA PETITE MONASTERIENNE · LA P'TITE PLACE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LA CAVE SAINT BERNARD · LE CAFE DU VIGNOBLE · LA GUINGUETTE DES MOUTIERS	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ERIC TABARLY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MATHILDE PAVY-GROSDIDIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LES MOUTIERS EN RETZ AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE RAYMOND DEVOS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PLAGE DU PRE VINCENT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	RETZ LATITUDE	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	6	CAMPING DOMAINE DU COLLET · LE VILLAGE DE LA MER · CAMPING LES BRILLAS · CAMPING HERMITAGE DES DUNES · CAMPING LA PLAGE DES OLIVIERS	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 614 2023: 1,939 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,421 (2012) → 1,939 (2023): 36.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 739 (1990) → 1,939 (2023): 162.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,066, of which 49.9 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.2 km SE 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 (Les Moutiers-en-Retz): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Les Moutiers-en-Retz): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Moutiers-en-Retz): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villeneuve-en-Retz): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Les Moutiers-en-Retz): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10

Days at or below 0 °C 18.3▸

Muggy days a summer 2.4

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PORNIC weather station, 6.9 km away at 21 m; the village itself is at 6 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-MEME-LE-TENU, 17.7 km away at 4 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 828 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOURGNEUF, 5.5 km away at 20 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44106/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/49/4df4b662-0a80-34fd-b449-ee6ed423d0e6— “Marché des Moutiers-en-Retz”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44106/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44106/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44106/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44106
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44021
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
Albitreccia	2A	1,042 km SE	1,833	58.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Augustin	17	169 km SE	1,521	45.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Étel	56	112 km NW	2,074	52.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Brando	2B	1,020 km SE	1,584	51.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 %
Mers-les-Bains	80	417 km NE	2,540	59.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Trégastel	22	225 km NW	2,524	59.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Étel	56	112 km NW	2,074	52.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Augustin	17	169 km SE	1,521	45.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Trégastel	22	225 km NW	2,524	59.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Mers-les-Bains	80	417 km NE	2,540	59.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Brando	2B	1,020 km SE	1,584	51.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 %
Albitreccia	2A	1,042 km SE	1,833	58.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 80 % · 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 Les Moutiers-en-Retz'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
Batz-sur-Mer	44	43 km NW	2,892	62	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Cauro	2A	1,036 km SE	1,486	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Deauville	14	298 km NE	3,539	62.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Évrecy	14	252 km NE	2,066	62.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Le Croisic	44	47 km NW	4,056	56.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur	14	310 km NE	2,527	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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