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Maslives

Loir-et-Cher · CC du Grand Chambord · INSEE 41129

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

Few services 28.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Maslives (INSEE 41129) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC du Grand Chambord. Population 649 (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/41129-maslives

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 16,756 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.62106.17
Housing mix0.9254.58

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 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 1 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) (LE PAIN DES ROIS). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (POINT-LECTURE DE MASLIVES BIBLIOTHÈQUE MALIVRES). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (LORENE COIFFURE). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (LA CLEF DES CHATEAUX). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LE PAIN DES ROISINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1POINT-LECTURE DE MASLIVES BIBLIOTHÈQUE MALIVRESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1LORENE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1LA CLEF DES CHATEAUXINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 277 peak 2012: 736 2023: 649 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 736 (2012) → 649 (2023): -11.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 581 (1990) → 649 (2023): 11.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 337, of which 4.2 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 2.6 km W (Montlivault)Food shop — 2.8 km N (Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire)GP — 2.9 km W (Montlivault)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Pharmacy — 2.6 km WFood shop — 2.8 km NGP — 2.9 km W 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 (Maslives): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Montlivault): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Montlivault): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Maslives): 0 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BLOIS - VILLE weather station, 12.6 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 87 m. [11]

An average of 701 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BLOIS - VILLE, 12.6 km away at 69 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41129/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41129/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41129/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41129/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 41129
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 41207
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 41148
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Écuillé49153 km W65532.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Le Gault-Saint-Denis2868 km N66631.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
La Charmée71270 km E68128.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Aschbach67502 km E63329.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 69 %
Dangolsheim67457 km E68131.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 74 %
Deaux30447 km SE63832.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 10 % · winter 80 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Gault-Saint-Denis2868 km N66631.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
Écuillé49153 km W65532.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
La Charmée71270 km E68128.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Deaux30447 km SE63832.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 10 % · winter 80 %
Dangolsheim67457 km E68131.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 74 %
Aschbach67502 km E63329.3Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 69 %

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