Soudan

Loire-Atlantique · CC Châteaubriant-Derval · INSEE 44199

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

Partly served 40.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soudan (INSEE 44199) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Châteaubriant-Derval. Population 1,959 (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/44199-soudan

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 9,765 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	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.45	10	4.45
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

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 0 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). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (L'ARTISAN CUISINIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (AMICAL BAR). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES BREL · ECOLE STE ANNE DDEC). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SOUDAN). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (SALON DES NUANCES · AURELIE VOTRE SALON A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		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	1	L'ARTISAN CUISINIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	AMICAL BAR	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES BREL · ECOLE STE ANNE DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SOUDAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SOUDAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	SALON DES NUANCES · AURELIE VOTRE SALON A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,831 peak 1990: 2,072 2023: 1,959 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,991 (2012) → 1,959 (2023): -1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,072 (1990) → 1,959 (2023): -5.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 999, of which 2.9 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.7 km WPharmacy — 5.7 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 (Soudan): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Soudan): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Châteaubriant): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Châteaubriant): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Soudan): 0.1 km to the south-east (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. ^[10]

Measured at the SOUDAN weather station, 2.3 km away at 77 m; the village itself is at 75 m. ^[10]

An average of 818 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SOUDAN, 2.3 km away at 77 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44199/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44199/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44199/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44199/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44199
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44036
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
Plumieux	22	103 km NW	1,678	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 82 %
Plounévez-Moëdec	22	183 km NW	1,479	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 %
Sion-les-Mines	44	21 km W	1,658	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 93 %
Langonnet	56	168 km W	1,930	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 92 %
Augan	56	75 km W	1,569	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 86 %
Avessac	44	52 km W	2,452	49.6	Partly served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sion-les-Mines	44	21 km W	1,658	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 93 %
Avessac	44	52 km W	2,452	49.6	Partly served	no figures
Augan	56	75 km W	1,569	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 86 %
Plumieux	22	103 km NW	1,678	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 82 %
Langonnet	56	168 km W	1,930	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 92 %
Plounévez-Moëdec	22	183 km NW	1,479	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 %

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Elsewhere

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