Cernusson

Maine-et-Loire · CA Cholet Agglomération · INSEE 49057

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

Few services 28.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cernusson (INSEE 49057) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CA Cholet Agglomération. Population 329 (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/49057-cernusson

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 17,991 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.72	10	7.19
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SARL LES TROIS MOUSS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LA PLUME DES CHAMPS). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	SARL LES TROIS MOUSS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LA PLUME DES CHAMPS	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 254 peak 2017: 354 2023: 329 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 323 (2012) → 329 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 270 (1990) → 329 (2023): 21.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 136, of which 3.7 % second homes and 2.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.3 km SWPharmacy — 4.8 km SWGP — 4.9 km SWBakery — 5.2 km SW 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 (Lys-Haut-Layon): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lys-Haut-Layon): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lys-Haut-Layon): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lys-Haut-Layon): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Cernusson): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.3

Days at or below 0 °C 32.8

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MARTIGNE-BRIAND weather station, 9.3 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 96 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MARTIGNE-BRIAND, 9.3 km away at 73 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 693 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VIHIERS, 4 km away at 124 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 — 49057/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49057/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49057/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49057/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49373
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49057
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
Gouy-en-Artois	62	409 km NE	327	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Lamotte-Buleux	80	376 km NE	328	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Morcourt	80	380 km NE	327	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Côme	33	307 km S	319	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Parbayse	64	428 km S	316	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 21 %
La Forteresse	38	499 km SE	338	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Côme	33	307 km S	319	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Lamotte-Buleux	80	376 km NE	328	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Morcourt	80	380 km NE	327	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Gouy-en-Artois	62	409 km NE	327	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Parbayse	64	428 km S	316	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 21 %
La Forteresse	38	499 km SE	338	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Cernusson'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
Versigny	60	326 km NE	349	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Morand	37	121 km E	351	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Lissy	77	287 km NE	352	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Contay	80	383 km NE	305	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Thizay	37	47 km E	307	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-Roilaye	60	356 km NE	301	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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