La Planche

Loire-Atlantique · CA Clisson Sèvre et Maine Agglo · INSEE 44127

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

Partly served 52.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Planche (INSEE 44127) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CA Clisson Sèvre et Maine Agglo. Population 2,810 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/44127-la-planche

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 7,530 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.87	10	8.69
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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) (DELICES & GOURMANDISES DE LA PLANCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (EIRL AURELIEN SAUPIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPI'SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY · ECOLE STE CATHERINE MIXTE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JULIE DUHAUT, MÉDECIN · QUENTIN DOYON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA PLANCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA PLANCHE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	DELICES & GOURMANDISES DE LA PLANCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	EIRL AURELIEN SAUPIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPI'SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY · ECOLE STE CATHERINE MIXTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JULIE DUHAUT, MÉDECIN · QUENTIN DOYON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA PLANCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA PLANCHE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4		INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 1,471 2023: 2,810 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,452 (2012) → 2,810 (2023): 14.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,052 (1990) → 2,810 (2023): 36.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,182, of which 0.9 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (La Planche): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Planche): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Planche): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Planche): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Planche): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.3

Days at or below 0 °C 31.9

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LE PALLET_SAPC weather station, 15.8 km away at 35 m; the village itself is at 25 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at NANTES-BOUGUENAIS, 19.8 km away at 26 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 827 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at AIGREFEUILLE, 6.5 km away at 35 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44127/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44127/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44127/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44127/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44127
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
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray	56	137 km NW	2,889	72.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Jarzé Villages	49	109 km NE	2,798	58.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Mouchamps	85	39 km SE	3,015	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sens-de-Bretagne	35	147 km N	2,592	59.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Domineuc	35	154 km N	2,619	60.8	Served	no figures
Le Landreau	44	23 km NE	3,267	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Landreau	44	23 km NE	3,267	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Mouchamps	85	39 km SE	3,015	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Jarzé Villages	49	109 km NE	2,798	58.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Anne-d'Auray	56	137 km NW	2,889	72.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sens-de-Bretagne	35	147 km N	2,592	59.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Domineuc	35	154 km N	2,619	60.8	Served	no figures

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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 La Planche'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
Mouchamps	85	39 km SE	3,015	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Briollay	49	93 km NE	3,225	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Nalliers	85	68 km SE	2,389	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Étrelles	35	118 km N	2,703	64.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Teloché	72	161 km NE	3,067	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Terranjou	49	79 km E	3,871	59	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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