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Armaillé

Maine-et-Loire · CC Anjou Bleu Communauté · INSEE 49010

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 20.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Armaillé (INSEE 49010) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CC Anjou Bleu Communauté. Population 320 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/49010-armaille

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 17,948 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.58105.77
Housing mix0.854.01

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ARMAILLÉ INACTIF). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES LAVANDIERESINSEE 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]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ARMAILLÉ INACTIFINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 403 2023: 320 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 293 (2012) → 320 (2023): 9.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 297 (1990) → 320 (2023): 7.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 152, of which 9.9 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 4.1 km NW (Ombrée d'Anjou)Bakery — 4.3 km NW (Ombrée d'Anjou)GP — 4.4 km NW (Ombrée d'Anjou)Pharmacy — 4.4 km NW (Ombrée d'Anjou)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km NWBakery — 4.3 km NWGP — 4.4 km NWPharmacy — 4.4 km NW 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 (Ombrée d'Anjou): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ombrée d'Anjou): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Ombrée d'Anjou): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Ombrée d'Anjou): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Armaillé): 0 km to the north (straight line). [9]

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the POUANCE_SAPC weather station, 5.2 km away at 96 m; the village itself is at 50 m. [10]

An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at POUANCE, 4.4 km away at 69 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49010/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49010/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49010/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49010/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 49248
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 49010
  10. 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
Le Montellier01512 km E33625.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 64 %
Rocles03346 km SE32619.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 70 %
Bosjean71499 km E32120.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 46 %
Anjouin36228 km E31318.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 72 %
Roumégoux15408 km SE33625.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 72 %
Castella47403 km S37024.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 95 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Anjouin36228 km E31318.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 72 %
Rocles03346 km SE32619.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 70 %
Castella47403 km S37024.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 95 %
Roumégoux15408 km SE33625.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 72 %
Bosjean71499 km E32120.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 46 %
Le Montellier01512 km E33625.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 64 %

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