Rezé
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Well served 80.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Rezé (INSEE 44143) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of Nantes Métropole. Population 43,556 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). [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/44143-reze
Vitality score
Vitality score 80.8/100 — Well served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 72 % of the 520 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 | 0.75 | 25 | 18.77 |
| Social | 0.96 | 20 | 19.18 |
| Education | 0.8 | 10 | 8.03 |
| Health | 0.84 | 10 | 8.38 |
| Public & culture | 0.29 | 5 | 1.46 |
| Population trend | 0.81 | 10 | 8.09 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.8 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
25 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DELICES DU CHATEAU · FABRICATION D'HONORE · JEFF DE BRUGES · G.ROCH · LA BOULANGERIE D'HONORE). [3,4]
7 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE DOUGET STEPHANE · BOUCHERIE MOREL · BOUCHERIE EPICERIE ORIENTALE). [3,4]
10 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AUDIREZ · GUEDDOUDJ ABDELAALI · SCOPELI · COLEGRAM). [3,4]
9 × Supermarket (LIDL · GALEDIS · HUGLEXIS · ALDI MARCHE · CHLOROPHYLLE). [3,4]
70 × Restaurant (LA RAINETTE BLEUE · LE VAN · SARL LA CIVELLE · LE POUSSIN ROUGE · BISTR'OCEAN). [3,4]
20 × Café / bar (BAR BRASSERIE LE POINT VIRGULE · LE FONTENOY · LES MONTYS · LE PETIT CAFE · CAFE LES 3 MOULINS). [4]
7 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LE CORBUSIER · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE OUCHE DINIER · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE SIMONE VEIL · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ROGER SALENGRO · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CHENE CREUX). [3]
13 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PORT AU BLE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE YVONNE ET ALEXANDRE PLANCH · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE SIMONE VEIL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE CHATEAU SUD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RAGON). [3]
5 × Collège (COLLEGE PONT ROUSSEAU · COLLEGE PETITE LANDE · COLLEGE SALVADOR ALLENDE · COLLEGE PRIVE STE ANNE · ECOLE ET COLLEGE SAINT PAUL). [3]
81 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCOIS ARNOULD, MÉDECIN · CÉLINE PASQUIER, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC MASSARD, MÉDECIN · MAXIME GUILLET, MÉDECIN · LILY DUFOUR, MÉDECIN). [3]
9 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GIRAUD VIVION · PHARMACIE ROBIN GOUY · PHARMACIE DE LA CROIX DE REZE · PHARMACIE BROSSARD · PHARMACIE PERINEAU FABRE). [3,4]
5 × Post office / agence postale (REZE TRENTEMOULT RP · REZE BLORDIERE RP · REZE OCEANE RP · LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DIDEROT). [3]
1 × Cinema (CINEMA ST PAUL). [3]
15 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE ALEXANDRE PLANCHER · COMPLEXE JULIEN DOUILLARD · COMPLEXE OUCHE DINIER · LYCEE JEAN PERRIN · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU PORT AU BLE). [3]
14 × Bank (AGENCE AGORA · AGENCE DE REZE OCEANE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS). [3]
38 × Hairdresser (GAETAN'COIF · SARL ELMANE). [3,4]
7 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
5 × Hotel (HOTEL PREMIERE CLASSE · HOTEL GRIL CAMPANILE · IBIS BUDGET NANTES REZÉ AÉROPORT · IBIS STYLES NANTES REZÉ AÉROPORT · AKENA). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 13 × Restaurant, 2 × Pharmacy, 2 × Bank, 4 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 25 | AUX DELICES DU CHATEAU · FABRICATION D'HONORE · JEFF DE BRUGES · G.ROCH · LA BOULANGERIE D'HONORE | INSEE BPE 25 / INSEE SIRENE 26 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 7 | LE DOUGET STEPHANE · BOUCHERIE MOREL · BOUCHERIE EPICERIE ORIENTALE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 10 | AUDIREZ · GUEDDOUDJ ABDELAALI · SCOPELI · COLEGRAM | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 9 | LIDL · GALEDIS · HUGLEXIS · ALDI MARCHE · CHLOROPHYLLE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 70 | LA RAINETTE BLEUE · LE VAN · SARL LA CIVELLE · LE POUSSIN ROUGE · BISTR'OCEAN | INSEE BPE 70 / INSEE SIRENE 107 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 20 | BAR BRASSERIE LE POINT VIRGULE · LE FONTENOY · LES MONTYS · LE PETIT CAFE · CAFE LES 3 MOULINS | INSEE SIRENE 20 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 7 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LE CORBUSIER · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE OUCHE DINIER · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE SIMONE VEIL · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ROGER SALENGRO · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CHENE CREUX | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 13 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PORT AU BLE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE YVONNE ET ALEXANDRE PLANCH · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE SIMONE VEIL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE CHATEAU SUD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RAGON | INSEE BPE 13 [3] |
| Collège | 5 | COLLEGE PONT ROUSSEAU · COLLEGE PETITE LANDE · COLLEGE SALVADOR ALLENDE · COLLEGE PRIVE STE ANNE · ECOLE ET COLLEGE SAINT PAUL | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 81 | FRANCOIS ARNOULD, MÉDECIN · CÉLINE PASQUIER, MÉDECIN · FREDERIC MASSARD, MÉDECIN · MAXIME GUILLET, MÉDECIN · LILY DUFOUR, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 81 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 9 | PHARMACIE GIRAUD VIVION · PHARMACIE ROBIN GOUY · PHARMACIE DE LA CROIX DE REZE · PHARMACIE BROSSARD · PHARMACIE PERINEAU FABRE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 5 | REZE TRENTEMOULT RP · REZE BLORDIERE RP · REZE OCEANE RP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DIDEROT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | CINEMA ST PAUL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 15 | GYMNASE ALEXANDRE PLANCHER · COMPLEXE JULIEN DOUILLARD · COMPLEXE OUCHE DINIER · LYCEE JEAN PERRIN · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU PORT AU BLE | INSEE BPE 15 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 14 | AGENCE AGORA · AGENCE DE REZE OCEANE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS | INSEE BPE 14 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 38 | GAETAN'COIF · SARL ELMANE | INSEE BPE 38 / INSEE SIRENE 53 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 7 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 5 | HOTEL PREMIERE CLASSE · HOTEL GRIL CAMPANILE · IBIS BUDGET NANTES REZÉ AÉROPORT · IBIS STYLES NANTES REZÉ AÉROPORT · AKENA | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [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
Population 39,377 (2012) → 43,556 (2023): 10.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 33,262 (1990) → 43,556 (2023): 30.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 22,561, of which 2 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Rezé): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Rezé): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Rezé): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Rezé): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Rezé): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the NANTES-BOUGUENAIS weather station, 5.4 km away at 26 m; the village itself is at 11 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at NANTES-BOUGUENAIS, 5.4 km away at 26 m, over 30 summers. [9]
An average of 804 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at NANTES-DOULON, 4.9 km away at 13 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 — 44143/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44143/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44143/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44143/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 44143
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caluire-et-Cuire | 69 | 515 km E | 43,597 | 75 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bagnolet | 93 | 350 km NE | 43,086 | 79.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arras | 62 | 470 km NE | 42,875 | 84.6 | Well served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bron | 69 | 522 km E | 42,982 | 76.8 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tarbes | 65 | 459 km S | 44,399 | 85.2 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
| Valenciennes | 59 | 513 km NE | 43,468 | 85.5 | Well served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagnolet | 93 | 350 km NE | 43,086 | 79.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tarbes | 65 | 459 km S | 44,399 | 85.2 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
| Arras | 62 | 470 km NE | 42,875 | 84.6 | Well served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Valenciennes | 59 | 513 km NE | 43,468 | 85.5 | Well served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
| Caluire-et-Cuire | 69 | 515 km E | 43,597 | 75 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bron | 69 | 522 km E | 42,982 | 76.8 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · 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 Rezé'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagnolet | 93 | 350 km NE | 43,086 | 79.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bagneux | 92 | 339 km NE | 44,572 | 74.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mantes-la-Jolie | 78 | 315 km NE | 43,526 | 82.8 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Choisy-le-Roi | 94 | 344 km NE | 45,946 | 84.8 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Meudon | 92 | 336 km NE | 46,334 | 77.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villepinte | 93 | 363 km NE | 41,470 | 72.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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