Les Sorinières

Loire-Atlantique · Nantes Métropole · INSEE 44198

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

Partly served 54.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Sorinières (INSEE 44198) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of Nantes Métropole. Population 9,275 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/44198-les-sorinieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).

Better served than 45 % of the 2,649 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	0.28	25	6.97
Social	0.58	20	11.57
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.64	10	6.44
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FABRICATION D'HONORE · LE PAIN DE DEUX MAINS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE PF). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LIDL). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (LE LOUP LE HOMARD ET LA CREVETTE). ^[3,4]

11 × Restaurant (IME LES SORINIERES · LE FOUR A PIZZA · LE RELAIS · GOURMANDISES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE KHEDIVE). ^[4]

2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA TILLEULIERE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LE CLOS DU MOULIN). ^[3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LA TILLEULIERE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LE CLOS DU MOULIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE MARIE). ^[3]

9 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANITA MEIRELES, MÉDECIN · HELENE DEBOUDT, MÉDECIN · DELPHINE BOURDON-BERNARD, MÉDECIN · MELANIE ALEJOS ALONSO, MÉDECIN · ERIKA BERTRAND, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DELAIRE · PHARMACIE DU CLOS DE LA FONTAINE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (L'ÉCHAPPÉE MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DES SORINIÈRES). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE JOACHIM MARNIER · STADE). ^[3]

5 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DES SORINIERES AULNAIES · BANQUE CIC OUEST · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE LOIRE- ATLANTIQUE ET DU CENTRE OUEST). ^[3]

10 × Hairdresser (SARL COIFFURE JESSY · MILLE ET UNE TETE · ESPRIT COIFFURE · COIFFURE A DOMICILE MARIE MARNEUR). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (ABBAYE DE VILLENEUVE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant, 3 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	FABRICATION D'HONORE · LE PAIN DE DEUX MAINS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE PF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1	LIDL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	LE LOUP LE HOMARD ET LA CREVETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	11	IME LES SORINIERES · LE FOUR A PIZZA · LE RELAIS · GOURMANDISES	INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE KHEDIVE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	2	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA TILLEULIERE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LE CLOS DU MOULIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LA TILLEULIERE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LE CLOS DU MOULIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE MARIE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	9	ANITA MEIRELES, MÉDECIN · HELENE DEBOUDT, MÉDECIN · DELPHINE BOURDON-BERNARD, MÉDECIN · MELANIE ALEJOS ALONSO, MÉDECIN · ERIKA BERTRAND, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 9 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DELAIRE · PHARMACIE DU CLOS DE LA FONTAINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	L'ÉCHAPPÉE MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DES SORINIÈRES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE JOACHIM MARNIER · STADE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	5	CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DES SORINIERES AULNAIES · BANQUE CIC OUEST · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE LOIRE- ATLANTIQUE ET DU CENTRE OUEST	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Hairdresser	10	SARL COIFFURE JESSY · MILLE ET UNE TETE · ESPRIT COIFFURE · COIFFURE A DOMICILE MARIE MARNEUR	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	ABBAYE DE VILLENEUVE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday matin place de l'Église. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,194 2023: 9,275 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 7,648 (2012) → 9,275 (2023): 21.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 5,174 (1990) → 9,275 (2023): 79.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,181, of which 0.6 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[8]

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 (Les Sorinières): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Les Sorinières): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Sorinières): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Les Sorinières): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Les Sorinières): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 12.9

Days at or below 0 °C 28.2

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NANTES-BOUGUENAIS weather station, 5.9 km away at 26 m; the village itself is at 33 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at NANTES-BOUGUENAIS, 5.9 km away at 26 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 824 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NANTES-BOUGUENAIS, 5.9 km away at 26 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44198/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.ville-sorinieres.fr/transitions/commerces-et-services-proximite/— “Le marché des Sorinières a lieu tous les jeudis matin, place de l'Église.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44198/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44198/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44198/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44198
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
Le Passage	47	367 km SE	9,326	65	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Varennes-Vauzelles	58	354 km E	9,146	61.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Chartres-de-Bretagne	35	100 km N	8,880	55.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Douchy-les-Mines	59	503 km NE	10,109	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf	76	304 km NE	8,443	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Estève	66	602 km SE	11,630	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 73 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chartres-de-Bretagne	35	100 km N	8,880	55.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf	76	304 km NE	8,443	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Varennes-Vauzelles	58	354 km E	9,146	61.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Le Passage	47	367 km SE	9,326	65	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Douchy-les-Mines	59	503 km NE	10,109	41.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Estève	66	602 km SE	11,630	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 73 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Les Sorinières'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
Chartres-de-Bretagne	35	100 km N	8,880	55.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf	76	304 km NE	8,443	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes	77	368 km NE	6,831	63.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-d'Armentières	59	508 km NE	8,754	63	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Lillebonne	76	305 km NE	8,541	71.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Margny-lès-Compiègne	60	409 km NE	8,677	67.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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