Saffré

Loire-Atlantique · CC de Nozay · INSEE 44149

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

Partly served 40.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saffré (INSEE 44149) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC de Nozay. Population 4,115 (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/44149-saffre

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 5,489 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	0.2	25	5.12
Social	0.43	20	8.53
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.11	10	1.11
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE - PATISSERIE BENOIT). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI SUPER · VIVAL). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LE CHEVAL NOIR · LA GUINGUETTE DES JANETTES · MULOT FALOT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE ST JOSEPH DDEC). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE SAFFRE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAFFRE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LE CHÂTEAU). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLES OMNISPORTS). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (COMPTOIR D'AILLEURS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE - PATISSERIE BENOIT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	PROXI SUPER · VIVAL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	4	LE CHEVAL NOIR · LA GUINGUETTE DES JANETTES · MULOT FALOT	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE ST JOSEPH DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE SAFFRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAFFRE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE LE CHÂTEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLES OMNISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	5	COMPTOIR D'AILLEURS	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 2,320 2023: 4,115 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,680 (2012) → 4,115 (2023): 11.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,608 (1990) → 4,115 (2023): 57.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,765, of which 2.4 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 3.7 km NW 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): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saffré): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Puceul): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saffré): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saffré): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.7

Days at or below 0 °C 35

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NORT-SUR-ERDRE weather station, 9.8 km away at 13 m; the village itself is at 28 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at NORT-SUR-ERDRE, 9.8 km away at 13 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 885 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NOZAY, 8.3 km away at 44 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44149/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44149/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44149/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44149/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44149
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
Guignen	35	51 km NW	4,175	45.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Cordemais	44	32 km SW	4,012	43.6	Partly served	no figures
Beaumont Saint-Cyr	86	174 km SE	2,908	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Montréverd	85	64 km S	3,857	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 97 %
Roullet-Saint-Estèphe	16	247 km SE	4,357	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Aigondigné	79	166 km SE	4,710	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cordemais	44	32 km SW	4,012	43.6	Partly served	no figures
Guignen	35	51 km NW	4,175	45.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Montréverd	85	64 km S	3,857	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 97 %
Aigondigné	79	166 km SE	4,710	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumont Saint-Cyr	86	174 km SE	2,908	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Roullet-Saint-Estèphe	16	247 km SE	4,357	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · 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 Saffré'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
Beaumont Saint-Cyr	86	174 km SE	2,908	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Les Touches	44	13 km SE	2,638	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Besné	44	40 km W	3,322	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Anne-sur-Brivet	44	32 km W	3,063	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Corsept	44	44 km SW	2,594	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Corcoué-sur-Logne	44	60 km S	3,265	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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