Petit-Auverné

Loire-Atlantique · CC Châteaubriant-Derval · INSEE 44121

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

Few services 31/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Petit-Auverné (INSEE 44121) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Châteaubriant-Derval. Population 434 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/44121-petit-auverne

Vitality score

Vitality score 31/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 17,940 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	0.55	10	5.48
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.28

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 × Restaurant (PIZZA'LOL · LA PO'Z KRAMPOUEZH). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DES AULNES). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU PETIT-AUVERNÉ). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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	2	PIZZA'LOL · LA PO'Z KRAMPOUEZH	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DES AULNES	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 DU PETIT-AUVERNÉ	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: 560 2023: 434 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 427 (2012) → 434 (2023): 1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 414 (1990) → 434 (2023): 4.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 236, of which 7.2 % second homes and 14 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.7 km SWFood shop — 5.1 km NEGP — 5.1 km NEPharmacy — 5.2 km NE 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 (Grand-Auverné): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Petit-Auverné): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.3

Days at or below 0 °C 42

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 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SOUDAN weather station, 14.1 km away at 77 m; the village itself is at 57 m. ^[11]

An average of 801 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-MARS-LA-JAIL, 12.3 km away at 32 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 — 44121/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44121/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44121/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44121/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44065
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44170
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44121
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
Almont-les-Junies	12	434 km SE	437	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 82 %
Lorlanges	43	431 km SE	425	33	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 97 %
Aurouër	03	362 km E	400	34.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 77 %
Esquiule	64	493 km S	522	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 89 %
Chalais	24	289 km SE	405	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Perpezat	63	377 km SE	420	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chalais	24	289 km SE	405	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Aurouër	03	362 km E	400	34.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 77 %
Perpezat	63	377 km SE	420	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 50 %
Lorlanges	43	431 km SE	425	33	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 97 %
Almont-les-Junies	12	434 km SE	437	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 82 %
Esquiule	64	493 km S	522	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 89 %

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Elsewhere

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