Villepot

Loire-Atlantique · CC Châteaubriant-Derval · INSEE 44218

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 32.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villepot (INSEE 44218) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC Châteaubriant-Derval. Population 680 (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/44218-villepot

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 16,533 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	25	0
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.49	10	4.86
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (A LA BONNE GALETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE NOTRE DAME DE LA PAIX DDEC). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	A LA BONNE GALETTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE NOTRE DAME DE LA PAIX DDEC	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	1	VILLEPOT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VILLEPÔT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 770 2023: 680 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 655 (2012) → 680 (2023): 3.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 690 (1990) → 680 (2023): -1.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 339, of which 3.5 % second homes and 12.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.7 km SWFood shop — 4.7 km SWGP — 6.1 km NWPharmacy — 8.6 km SE 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): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Soudan): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Martigné-Ferchaud): 6.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ombrée d'Anjou): 8.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Villepot): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

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, 4.3 km away at 77 m; the village itself is at 88 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, 4.3 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 — 44218/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44218/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44218/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44218/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44199
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35167
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49248
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44218
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
Montmiral	26	572 km SE	649	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Priest-la-Feuille	23	276 km SE	718	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 95 %
Dun	09	580 km SE	657	34.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 80 %
Tréal	56	71 km W	699	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
La Chapelle-aux-Bois	88	568 km E	675	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 32 %
Ordan-Larroque	32	474 km S	858	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tréal	56	71 km W	699	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Priest-la-Feuille	23	276 km SE	718	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 95 %
Ordan-Larroque	32	474 km S	858	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 92 %
La Chapelle-aux-Bois	88	568 km E	675	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 32 %
Montmiral	26	572 km SE	649	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 96 %
Dun	09	580 km SE	657	34.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 80 %

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Elsewhere

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