Sainte-Pazanne

Loire-Atlantique · CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz · INSEE 44186

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

Partly served 58.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Pazanne (INSEE 44186) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CA Pornic Agglo Pays de Retz. Population 7,201 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/44186-sainte-pazanne

Vitality score

Vitality score 58.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Pharmacy).

Better served than 71 % of the 3,361 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	0.32	25	8.08
Social	0.74	20	14.89
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.68	10	6.77
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX PAINS DES FEES · LA MIE TATI · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE ROSA). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (L'ENTRE2COTES). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (BSPAZ). ^[3,4]

13 × Restaurant (GIANNI PIZZAS · LA CREP'ANNAIZE · L'IMPREVU · LE POINT SALADE · LE CHEVAL BLANC). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE FLAVY · SAVOU'RETZ NOUS). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MAURICE PIGEON). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MAURICE PIGEON · ECOLE NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES DDEC). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE OLYMPE DE GOUGES · COLLEGE PRIVE DU SACRE COEUR). ^[3]

7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HELENE LEROUX, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRE GUILLOT, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE DE LAITRE, MÉDECIN · THOMAS PLESSIS, MÉDECIN · SELARL DR ELISE COQUELIN). ^[3]

3 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE A LIVRE OUVERT). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF GAUVRIT · SALLE DES FRAICHES). ^[3]

4 × Bank (AGENCE DE SAINTE PAZANNE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL DE STE PAZANNE · PR EMPLOI PERS CCM DE STE PAZANNE). ^[3]

12 × Hairdresser (CREA'TIF · ART DU CISEAU · STEPHANIE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Campsite (SARL LE REPAIRE DU HIBOU). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	AUX PAINS DES FEES · LA MIE TATI · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE ROSA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	L'ENTRE2COTES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket	1	BSPAZ	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	13	GIANNI PIZZAS · LA CREP'ANNAIZE · L'IMPREVU · LE POINT SALADE · LE CHEVAL BLANC	INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	LE FLAVY · SAVOU'RETZ NOUS	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MAURICE PIGEON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MAURICE PIGEON · ECOLE NOTRE DAME DE LOURDES DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE OLYMPE DE GOUGES · COLLEGE PRIVE DU SACRE COEUR	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	7	HELENE LEROUX, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRE GUILLOT, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE DE LAITRE, MÉDECIN · THOMAS PLESSIS, MÉDECIN · SELARL DR ELISE COQUELIN	INSEE BPE 7 [3]
Pharmacy	3		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE A LIVRE OUVERT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF GAUVRIT · SALLE DES FRAICHES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	AGENCE DE SAINTE PAZANNE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL DE STE PAZANNE · PR EMPLOI PERS CCM DE STE PAZANNE	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	12	CREA'TIF · ART DU CISEAU · STEPHANIE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	SARL LE REPAIRE DU HIBOU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday, Friday de 8h30 à 12h30 Place du 18 juin 1940 (Place du Marché). ^[5,6]

Trajectory

1968: 2,527 2023: 7,201 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,863 (2012) → 7,201 (2023): 22.8 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 3,159 (1990) → 7,201 (2023): 128 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,080, of which 1.5 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 5.6 km NE 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 (Sainte-Pazanne): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Sainte-Pazanne): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Sainte-Pazanne): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Port-Saint-Père): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Sainte-Pazanne): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.1

Days at or below 0 °C 32.8

Muggy days a summer 2.4

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 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-MEME-LE-TENU weather station, 11 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 16 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-MEME-LE-TENU, 11 km away at 4 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

An average of 828 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BOURGNEUF, 10 km away at 20 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Pharmacy

Two sources name market days with none in common. They may be separate markets in the same commune, or one may be out of date — all days are listed and none is treated as confirmed. ^[5,6]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44186/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.sainte-pazanne.fr/transitions/informations-pratiques/— “Les vendredis matins - Place du 18 juin 1940 (Place du Marché) - de 8h30 à 12h30”(unverified)
DATAtourisme 2026-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/49/27f9e1d8-0416-3140-a62e-4d9062135dcb— “Situé sur la petite Place de Retz à Sainte-Pazanne, ce petit marché "spécial terroir" du jeudi soir, vous permettra de trouver ce qu'il vous faut pour préparer votre dîner toute l'année et régaler vos convives !”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44186/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44186/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44186/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44186
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44133
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
Pont-Saint-Martin	44	18 km E	7,093	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Lagnieu	01	564 km E	7,411	57.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Surgères	17	137 km SE	6,897	65.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 81 %
Jœuf	54	626 km NE	6,392	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Douvaine	74	625 km E	6,796	64.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Eyguières	13	655 km SE	7,119	59	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pont-Saint-Martin	44	18 km E	7,093	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Surgères	17	137 km SE	6,897	65.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 81 %
Lagnieu	01	564 km E	7,411	57.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Douvaine	74	625 km E	6,796	64.8	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Jœuf	54	626 km NE	6,392	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Eyguières	13	655 km SE	7,119	59	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Sainte-Pazanne'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
Pont-Saint-Martin	44	18 km E	7,093	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Montfort-sur-Meu	35	116 km N	6,810	64.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc	44	19 km N	7,780	59.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Mordelles	35	108 km N	7,911	63.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Chevrolière	44	15 km E	6,539	55	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bréal-sous-Montfort	35	105 km N	6,391	59.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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