Saint-Molf

Loire-Atlantique · CA de la Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique (Cap Atlantique) · INSEE 44183

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

Partly served 59.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Molf (INSEE 44183) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CA de la Presqu'île de Guérande Atlantique (Cap Atlantique). Population 2,870 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/44183-saint-molf

Vitality score

Vitality score 59.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 89 % of the 7,389 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES MAINS NUES · ARNAUD ET ELODIE BENIGUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE GAUTREAU). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA MAISON CHARTEAU · ANSAGO). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE PETIT GOELAND · AUX BAROUDEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE KY'LEO). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA ROCHE BLANCHE · ECOLE PRIVEE MIXTE ST FRANCOIS). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MELANIE QUEMENEUR-DEHANT, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARC CHERIAUX, MÉDECIN · PASCALE ROUAU-PERRIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF ROCHE BLANCHE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (STEPHANE COIFFURE · LES P'TITS CISEAUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE L'ILE DE KERNODET). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Campsite.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LES MAINS NUES · ARNAUD ET ELODIE BENIGUE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CHARCUTERIE GAUTREAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LA MAISON CHARTEAU · ANSAGO	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	2	LE PETIT GOELAND · AUX BAROUDEURS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE KY'LEO	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA ROCHE BLANCHE · ECOLE PRIVEE MIXTE ST FRANCOIS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	MELANIE QUEMENEUR-DEHANT, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MARC CHERIAUX, MÉDECIN · PASCALE ROUAU-PERRIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE COSSADE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	ST MOLF AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF ROCHE BLANCHE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	5	STEPHANE COIFFURE · LES P'TITS CISEAUX	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE L'ILE DE KERNODET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 690 2023: 2,870 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,408 (2012) → 2,870 (2023): 19.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,154 (1990) → 2,870 (2023): 148.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,486, of which 13.1 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 4.8 km W 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-Molf): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Molf): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Molf): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Mesquer): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11

Days at or below 0 °C 27.8

Muggy days a summer 3

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the HERBIGNAC weather station, 7.7 km away at 22 m; the village itself is at 15 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at GUERANDE, 11 km away at 4 m, over 25 summers. ^[11]

An average of 803 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MESQUER, 3.3 km away at 3 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44183/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/49/82b71f7e-d9c4-394f-9b8a-da572f35dc62— “Marché de Saint-Molf”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44183/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44183/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44183/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44183
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44097
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
Quettreville-sur-Sienne	50	189 km N	3,167	47.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chouzé-sur-Loire	37	193 km E	2,132	60.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Sallertaine	85	69 km SE	3,518	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bois-de-Céné	85	65 km SE	2,256	60.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Val d'Oust	56	53 km N	2,807	67.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Cléguérec	56	95 km NW	2,885	62.1	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Val d'Oust	56	53 km N	2,807	67.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Bois-de-Céné	85	65 km SE	2,256	60.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sallertaine	85	69 km SE	3,518	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Cléguérec	56	95 km NW	2,885	62.1	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Quettreville-sur-Sienne	50	189 km N	3,167	47.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chouzé-sur-Loire	37	193 km E	2,132	60.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Saint-Molf'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
Sallertaine	85	69 km SE	3,518	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bois-de-Céné	85	65 km SE	2,256	60.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Val d'Oust	56	53 km N	2,807	67.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Plumelec	56	52 km N	2,754	68	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Bazouges Cré sur Loir	72	172 km E	1,977	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Jugon-les-Lacs	22	113 km N	2,541	66.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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