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Mouzeil

Loire-Atlantique · CC du Pays d'Ancenis · INSEE 44107

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

Partly served 43.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mouzeil (INSEE 44107) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC du Pays d'Ancenis. Population 2,017 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/44107-mouzeil

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 9,570 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.13253.28
Social0.512010.26
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9854.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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) (LA TERRE DES POSSIBLES). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (MAELA CUISINE-TRAITEUR). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE BDM). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUIS CADORET · ECOLE NOTRE DAME DDEC). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MOUZEIL AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE POUR PETITS ET GRANDS - MOUZEIL). [3]

4 × Hairdresser (VANIN'A DOMICILE COIFFURE · BULLE DE COIFFURE). [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LA TERRE DES POSSIBLESINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1MAELA CUISINE-TRAITEURINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar2LE BDMINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUIS CADORET · ECOLE NOTRE DAME DDECINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1MOUZEIL APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE POUR PETITS ET GRANDS - MOUZEILINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser4VANIN'A DOMICILE COIFFURE · BULLE DE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 790 2023: 2,017 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,857 (2012) → 2,017 (2023): 8.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,190 (1990) → 2,017 (2023): 69.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 816, of which 0.9 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 4.5 km SW (Ligné)Food shop — 4.7 km SW (Ligné)Pharmacy — 4.7 km SW (Ligné)GP — 5.2 km E (Teillé)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.5 km SWFood shop — 4.7 km SWPharmacy — 4.7 km SWGP — 5.2 km E 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 (Ligné): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ligné): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Teillé): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Ligné): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Mouzeil): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the NORT-SUR-ERDRE weather station, 12.7 km away at 13 m; the village itself is at 42 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at NORT-SUR-ERDRE, 12.7 km away at 13 m, over 21 summers. [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, 9.8 km away at 42 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44107/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44107/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44107/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44107/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 44082
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 44202
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 44107
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Pardoux-Soutiers79126 km SE1,86945.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Vue4449 km SW1,75346Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 77 %
Le Theil-de-Bretagne3553 km N1,73143.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Amanlis3563 km N1,76840.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Guénin56132 km NW1,92148Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-d'Eyraud24316 km SE1,79536.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vue4449 km SW1,75346Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 77 %
Le Theil-de-Bretagne3553 km N1,73143.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Amanlis3563 km N1,76840.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pardoux-Soutiers79126 km SE1,86945.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Guénin56132 km NW1,92148Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-d'Eyraud24316 km SE1,79536.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Mouzeil'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Pardoux-Soutiers79126 km SE1,86945.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Le Theil-de-Bretagne3553 km N1,73143.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Amanlis3563 km N1,76840.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Veyrac87255 km SE2,13745.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe87260 km SE1,74343.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Senoux3561 km NW1,86344Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %