Vay

Loire-Atlantique · CC de Nozay · INSEE 44214

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

Partly served 50.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vay (INSEE 44214) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC de Nozay. Population 2,120 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/44214-vay

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 9,212 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

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 0 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) (AU FOUR ET AU PETRIN). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Restaurant (ARGANT BASILE · O'VAYRITABLE · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE BOIS VIAUD · ECOLE SAINT YVES DDEC). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE LA GRANGE AUX LIVRES). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFF'ACTU ELLE & LUI). ^[3,4]

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	AU FOUR ET AU PETRIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	3	ARGANT BASILE · O'VAYRITABLE · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE BOIS VIAUD · ECOLE SAINT YVES 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 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	VAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE LA GRANGE AUX LIVRES	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	2	COIFF'ACTU ELLE & LUI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 1,219 2023: 2,120 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,012 (2012) → 2,120 (2023): 5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,122 (1990) → 2,120 (2023): 88.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 955, of which 2.8 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 5.1 km SWPharmacy — 5.1 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 (Vay): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Le Gâvre): 5.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Gâvre): 5.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vay): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.5

Days at or below 0 °C 50.9

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BLAIN weather station, 10.4 km away at 13 m; the village itself is at 60 m. ^[10]

An average of 885 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NOZAY, 7.2 km away at 44 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 — 44214/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44214/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44214/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44214/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44214
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44062
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
Malguénac	56	117 km NW	1,857	47	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 93 %
Pédernec	22	164 km NW	1,893	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 82 %
Montferrat	83	773 km SE	1,719	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 81 %
Saint-Estèphe	33	265 km S	1,638	45.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 55 %
Les Ormes	86	186 km E	1,613	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Sainte-Foy	85	112 km S	2,717	43.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 55 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Foy	85	112 km S	2,717	43.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 55 %
Malguénac	56	117 km NW	1,857	47	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 93 %
Pédernec	22	164 km NW	1,893	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 82 %
Les Ormes	86	186 km E	1,613	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Estèphe	33	265 km S	1,638	45.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 55 %
Montferrat	83	773 km SE	1,719	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 81 %

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Elsewhere

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