Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux

Loire-Atlantique · CC Châteaubriant-Derval · INSEE 44153

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

Few services 35.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux (INSEE 44153) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Châteaubriant-Derval. Population 1,744 (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/44153-saint-aubin-des-chateaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 29 % of the 10,522 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.8	10	7.96
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

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 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PANIER SYMPA). ^[4,3]

1 × Restaurant (LE SAINT AUBIN). ^[4,3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN-PIERRE TIMBAUD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE DDEC). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT AUBIN DES CHATEAUX RP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-AUBIN-DES-CHÂTEAUX). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU MENHIR). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (ESTI COIFFURE). ^[4,3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PANIER SYMPA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	LE SAINT AUBIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN-PIERRE TIMBAUD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BOUDET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT AUBIN DES CHATEAUX RP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-AUBIN-DES-CHÂTEAUX	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU MENHIR	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	ESTI COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,472 peak 2017: 1,795 2023: 1,744 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,649 (2012) → 1,744 (2023): 5.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,346 (1990) → 1,744 (2023): 29.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 841, of which 3.7 % second homes and 12 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy Bakery — 6.9 km SGP — 7.2 km S 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 (Saint-Vincent-des-Landes): 6.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Vincent-des-Landes): 7.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux): 0.1 km to the north-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. ^[10]

Measured at the DERVAL weather station, 15.4 km away at 43 m; the village itself is at 71 m. ^[10]

An average of 783 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DERVAL, 15.4 km away at 43 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 — 44153/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44153/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44153/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44153/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44193
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
Saint-Jean-du-Pin	30	586 km SE	1,508	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 91 %
Plaudren	56	91 km W	1,978	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
La Meilleraie-Tillay	85	119 km SE	1,485	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 84 %
Boutigny-Prouais	28	255 km NE	1,704	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 89 %
Paulx	44	87 km S	2,054	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 95 %
Rai	61	191 km NE	1,430	30.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 84 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Paulx	44	87 km S	2,054	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 95 %
Plaudren	56	91 km W	1,978	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
La Meilleraie-Tillay	85	119 km SE	1,485	32.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 84 %
Rai	61	191 km NE	1,430	30.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 84 %
Boutigny-Prouais	28	255 km NE	1,704	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Jean-du-Pin	30	586 km SE	1,508	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 91 %

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Elsewhere

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