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Artannes-sur-Thouet

Maine-et-Loire · CA Saumur Val de Loire · INSEE 49011

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 13.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Artannes-sur-Thouet (INSEE 49011) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CA Saumur Val de Loire. Population 405 (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/49011-artannes-sur-thouet

Vitality score

Vitality score 13.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 13 % of the 18,030 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.73107.35
Housing mix0.8854.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 148 peak 2007: 452 2023: 405 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 418 (2012) → 405 (2023): -3.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 328 (1990) → 405 (2023): 23.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 185, of which 5.9 % second homes and 1.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.8 km SW (Le Coudray-Macouard)Food shop — 2.0 km W (Le Coudray-Macouard)Bakery — 2.6 km NE (Bellevigne-les-Châteaux)GP — 2.6 km E (Bellevigne-les-Châteaux)Pharmacy — 3.1 km NE (Varrains)
Primary school — 1.8 km SWFood shop — 2.0 km WBakery — 2.6 km NEGP — 2.6 km EPharmacy — 3.1 km NE 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 (Bellevigne-les-Châteaux): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Le Coudray-Macouard): 2 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Bellevigne-les-Châteaux): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Varrains): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Le Coudray-Macouard): 1.8 km to the south-west (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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SAUMUR weather station, 6.1 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 39 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at MONT-BELLAY-INRAE, 8.5 km away at 58 m, over 24 summers. [11]

An average of 657 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at SAUMUR, 6.1 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 — 49011/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49011/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49011/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49011/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 49060
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 49112
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 49362
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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 Châtellier61168 km N40112.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Taillette08454 km NE40716.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
La Villeneuve-au-Chêne10355 km E40510.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Saumont-la-Poterie76293 km NE41212.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Neuil3746 km E41312.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bagneux51329 km NE4058.9No daily shopsno figures
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Neuil3746 km E41312.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Le Châtellier61168 km N40112.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saumont-la-Poterie76293 km NE41212.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Bagneux51329 km NE4058.9No daily shopsno figures
La Villeneuve-au-Chêne10355 km E40510.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Taillette08454 km NE40716.9No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Artannes-sur-Thouet'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fontenet17146 km S39111.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Thémer8597 km SW39311.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Julos65453 km S45016.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Courcelles17141 km S4559.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Brossay499.7 km SW34012.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Antezant-la-Chapelle17138 km S36711No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %