La Chevallerais

Loire-Atlantique · CC du Pays de Blain · INSEE 44221

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

Few services 33/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chevallerais (INSEE 44221) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC du Pays de Blain. Population 1,569 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/44221-la-chevallerais

Vitality score

Vitality score 33/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 11,292 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 FOURNIL DE KELYA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE DM). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ECOL'EAU). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE BIBLIOTHÈQUE COLETTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 FOURNIL DE KELYA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LE DM	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ECOL'EAU	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	LA CHEVALLERAIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE BIBLIOTHÈQUE COLETTE	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / 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: 499 2023: 1,569 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,464 (2012) → 1,569 (2023): 7.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 652 (1990) → 1,569 (2023): 140.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 611, of which 0.8 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 5.6 km WPharmacy — 5.6 km WGP — 5.9 km S 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 (La Chevallerais): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Blain): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Héric): 5.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Blain): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Chevallerais): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.5

Days at or below 0 °C 50.9

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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. ^[11]

Measured at the BLAIN weather station, 7.5 km away at 13 m; the village itself is at 23 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at NORT-SUR-ERDRE, 12.8 km away at 13 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 845 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BLAIN, 7.5 km away at 13 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44221/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44221/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44221/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44221/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44221
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44015
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44073
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
Carlepont	60	414 km NE	1,393	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Moisenay	77	350 km E	1,362	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-la-Poterie	56	39 km NW	1,429	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Kernilis	29	238 km NW	1,407	34	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Treffendel	35	68 km N	1,350	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Andel	22	132 km NW	1,180	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Jean-la-Poterie	56	39 km NW	1,429	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Treffendel	35	68 km N	1,350	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Andel	22	132 km NW	1,180	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Kernilis	29	238 km NW	1,407	34	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Moisenay	77	350 km E	1,362	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Carlepont	60	414 km NE	1,393	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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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 La Chevallerais'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
Moisenay	77	350 km E	1,362	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bligny-lès-Beaune	21	493 km E	1,288	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Huillé-Lézigné	49	105 km E	1,298	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Coudray	53	85 km NE	869	42.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Montescourt-Lizerolles	02	442 km NE	1,606	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Corneille	72	165 km NE	1,510	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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