Rouans

Loire-Atlantique · CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz · INSEE 44145

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

Partly served 40.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rouans (INSEE 44145) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz. Population 3,301 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/44145-rouans

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 6,572 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.11	20	2.21
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BABU ANTHONY-ROTTIER VANESSA · LE FOURNIL DE SOPHIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL · LE JARDIN DE MON PERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LE GRAND CHEMIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST MARTIN). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (STEPHANE PONSODA, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE WAJEMAN, MÉDECIN · PATRICK PRÉAULT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE OMNISPORT DE LA MADELEINE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (L'COIFF · ATMOSP'HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	BABU ANTHONY-ROTTIER VANESSA · LE FOURNIL DE SOPHIE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	VIVAL · LE JARDIN DE MON PERE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	1	RESTAURANT LE GRAND CHEMIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST MARTIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	STEPHANE PONSODA, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE WAJEMAN, MÉDECIN · PATRICK PRÉAULT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU CANAL	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE OMNISPORT DE LA MADELEINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	L'COIFF · ATMOSP'HAIR	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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: 1,443 2023: 3,301 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,734 (2012) → 3,301 (2023): 20.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,891 (1990) → 3,301 (2023): 74.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,390, of which 3.3 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 1.4 km NEPharmacy — 1.4 km NE 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 (Rouans): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rouans): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Rouans): 1.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Rouans): 1.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Rouans): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10

Days at or below 0 °C 18.3▸

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PORNIC weather station, 18.6 km away at 21 m; the village itself is at 13 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at NANTES-BOUGUENAIS, 19.4 km away at 26 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 891 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PELLERIN(LE), 3.6 km away at 4 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 — 44145/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44145/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44145/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44145/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44145
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
Corcoué-sur-Logne	44	32 km SE	3,265	37.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Viaud	44	14 km NW	2,929	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Besné	44	29 km NW	3,322	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Druelle Balsac	12	462 km SE	3,187	39.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 35 % · humidity 86 %
Monterblanc	56	87 km NW	3,356	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Val-de-Cognac	16	197 km SE	3,471	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Viaud	44	14 km NW	2,929	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Besné	44	29 km NW	3,322	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Corcoué-sur-Logne	44	32 km SE	3,265	37.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Monterblanc	56	87 km NW	3,356	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Val-de-Cognac	16	197 km SE	3,471	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Druelle Balsac	12	462 km SE	3,187	39.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 35 % · 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 Rouans'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
Saint-Viaud	44	14 km NW	2,929	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Besné	44	29 km NW	3,322	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Monterblanc	56	87 km NW	3,356	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet	44	32 km N	3,063	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Crossac	44	34 km NW	2,974	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Baulon	35	89 km N	2,210	53.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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