Ruffigné

Loire-Atlantique · CC Châteaubriant-Derval · INSEE 44148

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

Few services 28.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ruffigné (INSEE 44148) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Châteaubriant-Derval. Population 702 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/44148-ruffigne

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 16,397 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.63	10	6.25
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE CENTRAL' CAFE LES LILAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES MAGNOLIAS). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (ABMP). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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)	1	LE CENTRAL' CAFE LES LILAS	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 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES MAGNOLIAS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 DE RUFFIGNÉ	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	2	ABMP	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 723 2023: 702 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 712 (2012) → 702 (2023): -1.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 624 (1990) → 702 (2023): 12.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 367, of which 3.5 % second homes and 17.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 4.1 km SBakery — 4.5 km NEGP — 8.8 km E 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 (Rougé): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ruffigné): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Châteaubriant): 8.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Ruffigné): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.4

Days at or below 0 °C 36.6

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DERVAL weather station, 16.2 km away at 43 m; the village itself is at 87 m. ^[12]

An average of 783 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at DERVAL, 16.2 km away at 43 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44148/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44148/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44148/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44148/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44146
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44148
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44036
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44153
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
Les Pineaux	85	131 km S	688	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 97 %
Sainte-Sabine-sur-Longève	72	126 km E	743	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Le Tréhou	29	209 km W	633	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 72 %
Senantes	60	311 km NE	577	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 66 %
Saint-Simon-de-Bordes	17	274 km S	762	30.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 89 %
La Chaux	25	602 km E	614	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 22 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Sabine-sur-Longève	72	126 km E	743	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Les Pineaux	85	131 km S	688	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 97 %
Le Tréhou	29	209 km W	633	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Simon-de-Bordes	17	274 km S	762	30.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 89 %
Senantes	60	311 km NE	577	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 66 %
La Chaux	25	602 km E	614	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 22 %

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