Préfailles
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 56.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Préfailles (INSEE 44136) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz. Population 1,321 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/44136-prefailles
Vitality score
Vitality score 56.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 90 % of the 12,541 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 | 0.81 | 20 | 16.3 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DE LA POINTE · CARREMENT GIVRE SAS). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEZ MARY). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
12 × Restaurant (LE SAINT PAUL · LE SAINT GILDAS · LE CATA-MARRANT · O'SPOT · BAR CREPERIE LA PLAGE). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES PETITS MOUSSES). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENT CAPRONNIER, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE PREFAILLES). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (PREFAILLES AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PRÉFAILLES). [3]
1 × Cinema (ATLANTIQUE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORT). [3]
3 × Swimming pool (PLAGE DE PORT MELEU · GRANDE PLAGE · PLAGE DE L ANSE DU SUD). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (VENT'CONTR'HAIR). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (LE CALLUNA - LA FLOTTILLE). [3]
6 × Campsite (CAMPING PORT AUX GOTHS · L'ALBATROS · CAMPING DE LA POINTE · CAMPING ELEOVIC · CAMPING LE PORT MELEU). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Fishmonger, 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.
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) | 2 | BOULANGERIE DE LA POINTE · CARREMENT GIVRE SAS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | CHEZ MARY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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] | |
| Restaurant | 12 | LE SAINT PAUL · LE SAINT GILDAS · LE CATA-MARRANT · O'SPOT · BAR CREPERIE LA PLAGE | INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES PETITS MOUSSES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | LAURENT CAPRONNIER, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE PREFAILLES | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | PREFAILLES AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PRÉFAILLES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | ATLANTIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE MULTISPORT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 3 | PLAGE DE PORT MELEU · GRANDE PLAGE · PLAGE DE L ANSE DU SUD | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | VENT'CONTR'HAIR | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | LE CALLUNA - LA FLOTTILLE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Campsite | 6 | CAMPING PORT AUX GOTHS · L'ALBATROS · CAMPING DE LA POINTE · CAMPING ELEOVIC · CAMPING LE PORT MELEU | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday, Saturday. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,236 (2012) → 1,321 (2023): 6.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 857 (1990) → 1,321 (2023): 54.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,380, of which 65.8 % second homes and 2.7 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Préfailles): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Préfailles): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Préfailles): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (La Plaine-sur-Mer): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Préfailles): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the PORNIC weather station, 9.4 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 25 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at PTE DE CHEMOULIN, 13.3 km away at 14 m, over 14 summers. [11]
An average of 907 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at PORNIC, 9.4 km away at 25 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44136/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/49/1ef6b92a-bdea-3993-96f3-680791030601— “Le marché à Préfailles, c'est le mercredi et le samedi toute l'année !”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44136/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44136/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44136/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 44136
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 44126
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains | 40 | 377 km S | 1,685 | 71.5 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 % |
| Cargèse | 2A | 1,019 km SE | 1,150 | 64.2 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 % |
| Les Gets | 74 | 687 km E | 1,227 | 67.7 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Pierre-Quiberon | 56 | 82 km NW | 2,344 | 67.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 82 % |
| Savines-le-Lac | 05 | 728 km E | 1,102 | 55.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 14 % · humidity 71 % |
| Blonville-sur-Mer | 14 | 297 km NE | 1,621 | 58.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-Quiberon | 56 | 82 km NW | 2,344 | 67.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 82 % |
| Blonville-sur-Mer | 14 | 297 km NE | 1,621 | 58.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains | 40 | 377 km S | 1,685 | 71.5 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 % |
| Les Gets | 74 | 687 km E | 1,227 | 67.7 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 % |
| Savines-le-Lac | 05 | 728 km E | 1,102 | 55.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 14 % · humidity 71 % |
| Cargèse | 2A | 1,019 km SE | 1,150 | 64.2 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Préfailles'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre-Dame-de-Monts | 85 | 34 km S | 2,420 | 67.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Verdon-sur-Mer | 33 | 197 km SE | 1,408 | 42.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brassac | 81 | 536 km SE | 1,289 | 60.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lucéram | 06 | 828 km E | 1,234 | 47.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Mathes | 17 | 177 km SE | 2,180 | 65.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Port-des-Barques | 17 | 158 km SE | 1,780 | 50.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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