Challain-la-Potherie

Maine-et-Loire · CC Anjou Bleu Communauté · INSEE 49061

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

Few services 31.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Challain-la-Potherie (INSEE 49061) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CC Anjou Bleu Communauté. Population 827 (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/49061-challain-la-potherie

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 15,459 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.45	10	4.47
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.19

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 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (F3L · LE RELAIS DU CHATEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE GRAIN DE SOLEIL). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHALLAIN LA POTHERIE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHALLAIN-LA POTHERIE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE MUNICIPAL). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (UNE TOUCHE DE COULEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL L'ARGOS). ^[3,4]

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, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	2	F3L · LE RELAIS DU CHATEAU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE GRAIN DE SOLEIL	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	CHALLAIN LA POTHERIE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHALLAIN-LA POTHERIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	UNE TOUCHE DE COULEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL L'ARGOS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,141 2023: 827 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 819 (2012) → 827 (2023): 1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 873 (1990) → 827 (2023): -5.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 432, of which 8.1 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.4 km SEBakery — 8.1 km NPharmacy — 8.4 km SGP — 8.5 km S 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): 8.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Loiré): 5.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Candé): 8.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Candé): 8.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Challain-la-Potherie): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.2

Days at or below 0 °C 40.9

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CANDSA weather station, 8.7 km away at 57 m; the village itself is at 56 m. ^[12]

An average of 754 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CANDE, 8.4 km away at 44 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 — 49061/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49061/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49061/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49061/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49248
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49178
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49054
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49061
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
Ordan-Larroque	32	454 km S	858	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 91 %
Gourgé	79	121 km SE	884	30.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Montmiral	26	549 km SE	649	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Priest-la-Feuille	23	253 km SE	718	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 93 %
Villepot	44	23 km NW	680	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Tréal	56	91 km W	699	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villepot	44	23 km NW	680	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Tréal	56	91 km W	699	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Gourgé	79	121 km SE	884	30.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Priest-la-Feuille	23	253 km SE	718	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 93 %
Ordan-Larroque	32	454 km S	858	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 91 %
Montmiral	26	549 km SE	649	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 95 %

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Elsewhere

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