Azé

Loir-et-Cher · CA Territoires Vendômois · INSEE 41010

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

Partly served 46.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Azé (INSEE 41010) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CA Territoires Vendômois. Population 971 (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/41010-aze

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 14,485 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.68	10	6.84
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE RELAIS D'AZE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE PETIT CAFE). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GRAHAM GILLESPIE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (AZE RP). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE RELAIS D'AZE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	1	LE PETIT CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	GRAHAM GILLESPIE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	AZE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 714 peak 2012: 1,107 2023: 971 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,107 (2012) → 971 (2023): -12.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 820 (1990) → 971 (2023): 18.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 537, of which 4.7 % second homes and 21.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 6.3 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 (Azé): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Azé): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Azé): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vendôme): 6.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Azé): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.1

Days at or below 0 °C 56.2

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LISLE weather station, 8.6 km away at 85 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CHOUE, 14.6 km away at 163 m, over 19 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 68 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 710 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VENDOME, 5.1 km away at 115 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 — 41010/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41010/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41010/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41010/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41010
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41269
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
Fyé	72	86 km NW	1,013	36.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 80 %
Valence-en-Brie	77	155 km NE	1,007	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Lehaucourt	02	284 km NE	822	44.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Moÿ-de-l'Aisne	02	273 km NE	994	54.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Dampierre-en-Yvelines	78	120 km NE	1,008	53.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Hénonville	60	170 km NE	925	43	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fyé	72	86 km NW	1,013	36.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 80 %
Dampierre-en-Yvelines	78	120 km NE	1,008	53.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Valence-en-Brie	77	155 km NE	1,007	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Hénonville	60	170 km NE	925	43	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Moÿ-de-l'Aisne	02	273 km NE	994	54.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lehaucourt	02	284 km NE	822	44.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · 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 Azé'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
Valence-en-Brie	77	155 km NE	1,007	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines	37	34 km SW	873	59.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Boulzicourt	08	340 km NE	966	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Cormes	72	42 km NW	893	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Agen-d'Aveyron	12	410 km S	1,116	40.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Einville-au-Jard	54	416 km E	1,053	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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