La Roche-Blanche

Loire-Atlantique · CC du Pays d'Ancenis · INSEE 44222

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

Few services 26.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Roche-Blanche (INSEE 44222) is in Loire-Atlantique (44), part of CC du Pays d'Ancenis. Population 1,261 (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/44222-la-roche-blanche

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 12,926 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	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.86	10	8.56
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL JOEL ET JOELLE MOUCHET). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE MIXTE STE MARIE DDEC). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA ROCHE BLANCHE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA ROCHE BLANCHE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (AC'TIF COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	SARL JOEL ET JOELLE MOUCHET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE MIXTE STE MARIE 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	LA ROCHE BLANCHE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA ROCHE BLANCHE	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	AC'TIF COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / 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: 671 2023: 1,261 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,142 (2012) → 1,261 (2023): 10.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 930 (1990) → 1,261 (2023): 35.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 536, of which 2.8 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.5 km EGP — 5.0 km SEPharmacy — 5.0 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 (La Roche-Blanche): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Loireauxence): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vair-sur-Loire): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vair-sur-Loire): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Roche-Blanche): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.3

Days at or below 0 °C 37.8

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ANCENIS weather station, 8 km away at 27 m; the village itself is at 74 m. ^[11]

An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ANCENIS, 8 km away at 27 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 — 44222/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44222/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44222/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 44222/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44222
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44213
INSEE BPE 2025 — 44163
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
Escatalens	82	425 km SE	1,148	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 78 %
Navailles-Angos	64	452 km S	1,545	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Rochetrejoux	85	73 km S	983	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Prat	22	211 km NW	1,078	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 66 %
Treffieux	44	36 km NW	996	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 99 %
Farges-en-Septaine	18	289 km E	1,023	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Treffieux	44	36 km NW	996	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 99 %
Rochetrejoux	85	73 km S	983	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 91 %
Prat	22	211 km NW	1,078	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 66 %
Farges-en-Septaine	18	289 km E	1,023	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Escatalens	82	425 km SE	1,148	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 78 %
Navailles-Angos	64	452 km S	1,545	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %

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Elsewhere

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