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Quilly

Loire-Atlantique · CC Estuaire et Sillon · INSEE 44139

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

Few services 37.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Quilly (INSEE 44139) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Estuaire et Sillon. Population 1,565 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/44139-quilly

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 11,314 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.13253.28
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9454.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA CUISINE DE MELIE). [3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE L'ARC EN CIEL · ECOLE SAINTE THERESE DDEC). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE QUILLY). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE GRAINE DE CHAMPION). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (DANS L'HAIR DU TEMPS A DOMICILE). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2LA CUISINE DE MELIEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE L'ARC EN CIEL · ECOLE SAINTE THERESE DDECINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE QUILLYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE GRAINE DE CHAMPIONINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2DANS L'HAIR DU TEMPS A DOMICILEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 837 2023: 1,565 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,334 (2012) → 1,565 (2023): 17.3 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 859 (1990) → 1,565 (2023): 82.2 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 679, of which 2.9 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 3.7 km NE (Guenrouet)GP — 4.0 km W (Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet)Pharmacy — 4.0 km W (Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.7 km NEGP — 4.0 km WPharmacy — 4.0 km W 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 (Quilly): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Guenrouet): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

GP (Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet): 4 km to the west (straight line). [11]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet): 4 km to the west (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Quilly): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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. [12]

Measured at the BLAIN weather station, 13.6 km away at 13 m; the village itself is at 16 m. [12]

An average of 907 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at PONTCHATEAU, 11.7 km away at 34 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44139/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2026-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/49/72ebecb1-957a-3fa4-bbc3-90e11835e003— “Marché de Quilly”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44139/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44139/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44139/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 44139
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 44068
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 44152
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne91328 km NE1,54331Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Forgeux69522 km E1,54431.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 100 %
Viuz-la-Chiésaz74639 km E1,35138.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 100 %
Saint-Béron73627 km E1,71336.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Montlaur31520 km SE1,79139Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 68 %
Montpezat30621 km SE1,40231.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 77 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne91328 km NE1,54331Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Montlaur31520 km SE1,79139Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 68 %
Saint-Forgeux69522 km E1,54431.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 100 %
Montpezat30621 km SE1,40231.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Béron73627 km E1,71336.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Viuz-la-Chiésaz74639 km E1,35138.1Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 100 %

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