Thouaré-sur-Loire

Loire-Atlantique · Nantes Métropole · INSEE 44204

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

Partly served 49.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Thouaré-sur-Loire (INSEE 44204) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of Nantes Métropole. Population 11,004 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 49.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 2,225 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	0.3	25	7.56
Social	0.51	20	10.24
Education	0.31	10	3.13
Health	0.58	10	5.8
Public & culture	0.12	5	0.59
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 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]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (THE BOULANGERY · LES DELICES DE THOUARE · LENFANT CHOCOLAT · DOUCEURS ET GOURMANDISES · UNE TARTINE DE BONHEUR). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (SCAPULA). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GREEN BEE). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (UNIVAL · CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

13 × Restaurant (RS ST LOUIS DE MONTFORT · ASKALE · WANH SUSHI · AU CHEMIN NANTAIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BRASSERIE LA FONTAINE · CAFE DES SPORTS). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE ROSA BONHEUR). ^[3]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PAUL FORT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JOACHIM DU BELLAY · ECOLE SAINT LOUIS DE MONTFORT DDEC). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LES SABLES D'OR). ^[3]

15 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LIGEA LOISON, MÉDECIN · AMANDINE COMBY, MÉDECIN · ERWAN LAIGLE, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE CALIBRE, MÉDECIN · EVE MORNET-REMAUD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

3 × Pharmacy (GRANDE PHARMACIE THOUARE CENTRE · PHARMACIE RIVE DROITE · PHARMACIE DE LA FONTAINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (THOUARE SUR LOIRE BP). ^[3]

1 × Library (L'EXPRESSION PLURIELLE BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (MAISON DE L ENFANCE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

5 × Bank (AGENCE DE THOUARE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE · THOUARE - MAUVES - LE CELLIER · BANQUE CIC OUEST · PR EMPLOI PERS CCM THOUARE SUR LOIRE). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (HAIR DESIGN · CORINNE COIFFURE · LAURA ESPACE COIFFURE · LA BULLE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (LA CLOSERIE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 4 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	5	THE BOULANGERY · LES DELICES DE THOUARE · LENFANT CHOCOLAT · DOUCEURS ET GOURMANDISES · UNE TARTINE DE BONHEUR	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	SCAPULA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	GREEN BEE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	UNIVAL · CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 2 / 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	RS ST LOUIS DE MONTFORT · ASKALE · WANH SUSHI · AU CHEMIN NANTAIS	INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 25 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	BRASSERIE LA FONTAINE · CAFE DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE ROSA BONHEUR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PAUL FORT · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JOACHIM DU BELLAY · ECOLE SAINT LOUIS DE MONTFORT DDEC	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LES SABLES D'OR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	15	LIGEA LOISON, MÉDECIN · AMANDINE COMBY, MÉDECIN · ERWAN LAIGLE, MÉDECIN · CHARLOTTE CALIBRE, MÉDECIN · EVE MORNET-REMAUD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 15 [3]
Pharmacy	3	GRANDE PHARMACIE THOUARE CENTRE · PHARMACIE RIVE DROITE · PHARMACIE DE LA FONTAINE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	THOUARE SUR LOIRE BP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	L'EXPRESSION PLURIELLE BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	MAISON DE L ENFANCE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	5	AGENCE DE THOUARE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL ATLANTIQUE VENDEE · THOUARE - MAUVES - LE CELLIER · BANQUE CIC OUEST · PR EMPLOI PERS CCM THOUARE SUR LOIRE	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Hairdresser	7	HAIR DESIGN · CORINNE COIFFURE · LAURA ESPACE COIFFURE · LA BULLE	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LA CLOSERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,974 2023: 11,004 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 8,398 (2012) → 11,004 (2023): 31 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 5,140 (1990) → 11,004 (2023): 114.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,628, of which 0.4 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. ^[7]

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 (Thouaré-sur-Loire): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Thouaré-sur-Loire): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Thouaré-sur-Loire): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Thouaré-sur-Loire): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Thouaré-sur-Loire): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.8

Days at or below 0 °C 35.7

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the HAIE-FOUASSIERE weather station, 12.4 km away at 20 m; the village itself is at 13 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at NANTES-BOUGUENAIS, 18.3 km away at 26 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 915 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at NANTES-VILLE, 7.1 km away at 17 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44204/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44204/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44204/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44204/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44204
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 Taillan-Médoc	33	269 km S	11,073	50.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Villeneuve-Tolosane	31	469 km SE	11,044	46.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Tarare	69	474 km E	10,893	56	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur	21	496 km E	11,108	49.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Vitry-le-François	51	477 km E	10,996	61.2	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Erstein	67	691 km E	10,790	50.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Taillan-Médoc	33	269 km S	11,073	50.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Villeneuve-Tolosane	31	469 km SE	11,044	46.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Tarare	69	474 km E	10,893	56	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Vitry-le-François	51	477 km E	10,996	61.2	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur	21	496 km E	11,108	49.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Erstein	67	691 km E	10,790	50.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Thouaré-sur-Loire'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
Tarare	69	474 km E	10,893	56	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Maizières-lès-Metz	57	603 km NE	11,580	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Brumath	67	699 km E	10,499	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf	76	289 km NE	10,476	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Thorigny-sur-Marne	77	357 km NE	10,440	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Provins	77	381 km NE	11,632	66.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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