Puceul

Loire-Atlantique · CC de Nozay · INSEE 44138

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

Few services 37.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Puceul (INSEE 44138) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC de Nozay. Population 1,142 (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/44138-puceul

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 13,545 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (UN REVE D ENFANT · CHIKI BIKI). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (SERVICES ADMINISTRATIFS). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE-LAURE BRIAND, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE AU PUITS DU LIVRE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SALON KALOMY). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	UN REVE D ENFANT · CHIKI BIKI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	SERVICES ADMINISTRATIFS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MARIE-LAURE BRIAND, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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 AU PUITS DU LIVRE	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	1	SALON KALOMY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 685 2023: 1,142 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,026 (2012) → 1,142 (2023): 11.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 599 (1990) → 1,142 (2023): 90.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 498, of which 2 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 3.7 km SEFood shop — 3.7 km WPharmacy — 3.8 km SE 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 (Saffré): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Grigonnais): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Puceul): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saffré): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Puceul): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.5

Days at or below 0 °C 50.9

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BLAIN weather station, 12.6 km away at 13 m; the village itself is at 48 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at NORT-SUR-ERDRE, 13.3 km away at 13 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 885 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NOZAY, 5.8 km away at 44 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 — 44138/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44138/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44138/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44138/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44149
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44224
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44138
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
Coat-Méal	29	244 km NW	1,133	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls	85	75 km SE	1,150	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Trédaniel	22	119 km NW	906	41.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Ouches	42	459 km E	1,138	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 14 %
Jolimetz	59	490 km NE	856	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Mary-sur-Marne	77	382 km NE	1,155	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martin-des-Tilleuls	85	75 km SE	1,150	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Trédaniel	22	119 km NW	906	41.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Coat-Méal	29	244 km NW	1,133	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Mary-sur-Marne	77	382 km NE	1,155	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Ouches	42	459 km E	1,138	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 14 %
Jolimetz	59	490 km NE	856	42.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Puceul'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
Mary-sur-Marne	77	382 km NE	1,155	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Billy-sur-Aisne	02	422 km NE	1,130	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Fontenay-sur-Eure	28	246 km NE	1,206	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bosc-Guérard-Saint-Adrien	76	302 km NE	1,101	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Val-de-Vesle	51	469 km NE	1,019	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Pfaffenheim	68	667 km E	1,373	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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