Maves

Loir-et-Cher · CC Beauce Val de Loire · INSEE 41130

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

Few services 29/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Maves (INSEE 41130) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC Beauce Val de Loire. Population 671 (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/41130-maves

Vitality score

Vitality score 29/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 16,584 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.71	10	7.13
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE MAVOISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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)	1	EPICERIE MAVOISE	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 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	MAVES 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 [3,4]
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: 532 peak 2012: 689 2023: 671 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 689 (2012) → 671 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 553 (1990) → 671 (2023): 21.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 328, of which 6.7 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 4.8 km SEGP — 9.4 km NPharmacy — 11.5 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 Chapelle-Saint-Martin-en-Plaine): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Maves): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Marchenoir): 9.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Mer): 11.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Maves): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21

Days at or below 0 °C 48.5

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-LEONARD-EN-B weather station, 6.1 km away at 126 m; the village itself is at 114 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BLOIS, 13.5 km away at 119 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 649 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-LEONARD-EN-B, 6.1 km away at 126 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 — 41130/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41130/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41130/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41130/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41039
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41130
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41123
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41136
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
Beuste	64	518 km S	698	31	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 7 %
Normanville	76	224 km N	651	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Heudicourt	27	178 km N	713	31	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 %
Biras	24	279 km S	731	32.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Champagnolles	17	291 km SW	687	31.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 43 %
Haute-Amance	52	313 km E	952	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Heudicourt	27	178 km N	713	31	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 %
Normanville	76	224 km N	651	29.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Biras	24	279 km S	731	32.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Champagnolles	17	291 km SW	687	31.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 43 %
Haute-Amance	52	313 km E	952	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Beuste	64	518 km S	698	31	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Maves'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
Brion	36	92 km S	582	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Haironville	55	295 km E	566	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Longwy-sur-le-Doubs	39	314 km E	496	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Avezé	72	74 km NW	690	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Monthodon	37	41 km W	643	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Chemillé-sur-Dême	37	54 km W	707	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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