Prinquiau

Loire-Atlantique · CC Estuaire et Sillon · INSEE 44137

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

Few services 36/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Prinquiau (INSEE 44137) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Estuaire et Sillon. Population 3,591 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/44137-prinquiau

Vitality score

Vitality score 36/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 6,159 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	0.15	25	3.69
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 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) (LE FOURNIL PRINQUELAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PRIVEE DIWAN). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE PETIT PRINCE · ECOLE NOTRE DAME DU SACRE COEUR DDEC). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-MICHEL SAVARIN, MÉDECIN · PATRICIA GARRY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU SOLEIL). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PRINQUIAU). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE INSTINC'TIF). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL PRINQUELAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PRIVEE DIWAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE PETIT PRINCE · ECOLE NOTRE DAME DU SACRE COEUR DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JEAN-MICHEL SAVARIN, MÉDECIN · PATRICIA GARRY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU SOLEIL	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	PRINQUIAU AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PRINQUIAU	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	1	COIFFURE INSTINC'TIF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,214 2023: 3,591 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,289 (2012) → 3,591 (2023): 9.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,175 (1990) → 3,591 (2023): 65.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,459, of which 1.6 % second homes and 3.9 % 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 (Prinquiau): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Prinquiau): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Prinquiau): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Prinquiau): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Prinquiau): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.5

Days at or below 0 °C 25.6

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST NAZAIRE-MONTOIR weather station, 11.8 km away at 3 m; the village itself is at 8 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ST NAZAIRE-MONTOIR, 11.8 km away at 3 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 883 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SAVENAY, 7 km away at 11 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 — 44137/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44137/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44137/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44137/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44137
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
Quincieux	69	543 km E	3,679	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Traînou	45	316 km E	3,402	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 59 %
Montamisé	86	202 km SE	3,723	46.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Cessieu	38	600 km E	3,259	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 19 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux	38	602 km E	3,186	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 %
Marsilly	17	143 km SE	3,176	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marsilly	17	143 km SE	3,176	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Montamisé	86	202 km SE	3,723	46.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Traînou	45	316 km E	3,402	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 59 %
Quincieux	69	543 km E	3,679	43.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Cessieu	38	600 km E	3,259	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 19 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux	38	602 km E	3,186	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Prinquiau'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
Dompierre-sur-Yon	85	84 km SE	4,625	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Écouflant	49	113 km E	4,749	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Breteil	35	88 km N	3,675	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Cléguer	56	116 km NW	3,460	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Yvi	29	159 km NW	3,431	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Nouvoitou	35	83 km NE	3,911	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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