Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes

Loire-Atlantique · CC Châteaubriant-Derval · INSEE 44170

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

Partly served 52.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes (INSEE 44170) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Châteaubriant-Derval. Population 961 (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/44170-saint-julien-de-vouvantes

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 14,570 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.51	10	5.06
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOURNIL VOUVANTAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (A LA SUPERETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BARBYLONE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES ROCHETTES · ECOLE SAINT MICHEL DDEC). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ADRIAN BUZICA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LA GARENNE DU DON). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST JULIEN DE VOUVANTES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-JULIEN-DE-VOUVANTES). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE SPORTS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (CRESPIN CHRYSTELE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	FOURNIL VOUVANTAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	A LA SUPERETTE	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	1	LE BARBYLONE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES ROCHETTES · ECOLE SAINT MICHEL DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ADRIAN BUZICA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LA GARENNE DU DON	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	ST JULIEN DE VOUVANTES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-JULIEN-DE-VOUVANTES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DE SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	CRESPIN CHRYSTELE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 1,008 peak 1982: 1,023 2023: 961 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 920 (2012) → 961 (2023): 4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 955 (1990) → 961 (2023): 0.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 458, of which 3.7 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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-Julien-de-Vouvantes): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.3

Days at or below 0 °C 42

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 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the SOUDAN weather station, 10.9 km away at 77 m; the village itself is at 67 m. ^[9]

An average of 818 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SOUDAN, 10.9 km away at 77 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 — 44170/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44170/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44170/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44170/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44170
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
Grez-en-Bouère	53	60 km NE	980	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Ménigoute	79	156 km SE	846	50.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
La Ville-aux-Clercs	41	177 km E	1,200	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 78 %
La Chapelaude	03	314 km SE	938	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Poulaines	36	225 km E	816	47.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Neste	65	525 km S	964	46.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 82 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Grez-en-Bouère	53	60 km NE	980	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Ménigoute	79	156 km SE	846	50.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
La Ville-aux-Clercs	41	177 km E	1,200	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 78 %
Poulaines	36	225 km E	816	47.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 88 %
La Chapelaude	03	314 km SE	938	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Neste	65	525 km S	964	46.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 82 %

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Elsewhere

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