Soulvache

Loire-Atlantique · CC Châteaubriant-Derval · INSEE 44200

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

Few services 39.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soulvache (INSEE 44200) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Châteaubriant-Derval. Population 338 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/44200-soulvache

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 18,030 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.34	10	3.41
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.1

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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) (BISCUITS ET CHOCOLATS). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE PAPIER BUVARD). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DANIEL CURY). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOULVACHE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BISCUITS ET CHOCOLATS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE PAPIER BUVARD	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DANIEL CURY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOULVACHE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 582 2023: 338 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 389 (2012) → 338 (2023): -13.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 402 (1990) → 338 (2023): -15.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 221, of which 9 % second homes and 22.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km NWPharmacy — 5.4 km SGP — 6.3 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 (Soulvache): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lalleu): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ercé-en-Lamée): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Rougé): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Soulvache): 0 km to the west (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. ^[12]

Measured at the SOUDAN weather station, 17.9 km away at 77 m; the village itself is at 55 m. ^[12]

An average of 818 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SOUDAN, 17.9 km away at 77 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44200/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44200/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44200/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44200/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44200
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35140
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35106
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44146
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
Argens-Minervois	11	607 km SE	395	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 65 %
Salzuit	43	478 km SE	330	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 61 %
Saint-Rémy	12	468 km SE	310	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 82 %
Châtillon	03	379 km E	317	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 %
Amponville	77	302 km E	349	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 92 %
Leschaux	74	622 km E	328	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 47 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Amponville	77	302 km E	349	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 92 %
Châtillon	03	379 km E	317	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Rémy	12	468 km SE	310	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 82 %
Salzuit	43	478 km SE	330	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 61 %
Argens-Minervois	11	607 km SE	395	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 65 %
Leschaux	74	622 km E	328	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 47 %

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