Sion-les-Mines

Loire-Atlantique · CC Châteaubriant-Derval · INSEE 44197

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

Partly served 44.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sion-les-Mines (INSEE 44197) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Châteaubriant-Derval. Population 1,658 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/44197-sion-les-mines

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 10,881 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.61	10	6.06
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

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) (MIE-SION-DELICES). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BOUCHERIE PASCAL SONIA VACCARO). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (BWH FOODING). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LES FORGES DE LA HUNAUDIERE - CREPERIE & CUISINE D). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES GRANDS CHENES · ECOLE ST JOSEPH DDEC). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SION LES MINES RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SION-LES-MINES). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LA COIFFURE EN COULEUR). ^[3,4]

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

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	MIE-SION-DELICES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	BOUCHERIE PASCAL SONIA VACCARO	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	2	BWH FOODING	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LES FORGES DE LA HUNAUDIERE - CREPERIE & CUISINE D	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES GRANDS CHENES · ECOLE ST JOSEPH DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1		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	SION LES MINES RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SION-LES-MINES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LA COIFFURE EN COULEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 2,039 2023: 1,658 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,710 (2012) → 1,658 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,499 (1990) → 1,658 (2023): 10.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 917, of which 6.1 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 8.0 km EGP — 9.4 km SW 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 (Sion-les-Mines): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sion-les-Mines): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Derval): 9.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux): 8 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sion-les-Mines): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the DERVAL weather station, 8.7 km away at 43 m; the village itself is at 68 m. ^[11]

An average of 783 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DERVAL, 8.7 km away at 43 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44197/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44197/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44197/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44197/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44197
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44051
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
Cercoux	17	309 km S	1,302	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 100 %
Avessac	44	31 km W	2,452	49.6	Partly served	no figures
Plumieux	22	84 km NW	1,678	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Savigny-sur-Braye	41	180 km E	1,962	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %
Moisdon-la-Rivière	44	21 km SE	1,990	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 93 %
Le Teilleul	50	104 km NE	1,706	39	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Moisdon-la-Rivière	44	21 km SE	1,990	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 93 %
Avessac	44	31 km W	2,452	49.6	Partly served	no figures
Plumieux	22	84 km NW	1,678	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Le Teilleul	50	104 km NE	1,706	39	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Savigny-sur-Braye	41	180 km E	1,962	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %
Cercoux	17	309 km S	1,302	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 100 %

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Elsewhere

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