Chazé-sur-Argos

Maine-et-Loire · CC Anjou Bleu Communauté · INSEE 49089

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

Few services 32.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chazé-sur-Argos (INSEE 49089) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CC Anjou Bleu Communauté. Population 1,086 (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/49089-chaze-sur-argos

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 13,828 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.77	10	7.72
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIEGAVALAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'EQUIPAGE). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ALEXANDRE JARDIN · ECOLE PRIVEE MIXTE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHAZE SUR ARGOS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHAZÉ-SUR-ARGOS). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (AKIRA). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: 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)	1	BOULANGERIEGAVALAND	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	L'EQUIPAGE	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)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ALEXANDRE JARDIN · ECOLE PRIVEE MIXTE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [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	CHAZE SUR ARGOS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHAZÉ-SUR-ARGOS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	AKIRA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 967 2023: 1,086 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,043 (2012) → 1,086 (2023): 4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 854 (1990) → 1,086 (2023): 27.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 472, of which 2.5 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.5 km SEGP — 4.5 km SEPharmacy — 4.5 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 (Chazé-sur-Argos): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Erdre-en-Anjou): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Erdre-en-Anjou): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Erdre-en-Anjou): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chazé-sur-Argos): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15

Days at or below 0 °C 29

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 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SEGRE_SAPC weather station, 7 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 32 m. ^[10]

An average of 710 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SEGRE_SAPC, 7 km away at 25 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 — 49089/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49089/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49089/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49089/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49089
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49367
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
Le Pin	79	86 km S	1,091	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 %
Villiers-Charlemagne	53	38 km NE	1,109	37.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 80 %
Les Ventes	27	208 km NE	1,052	29.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 72 %
Le Gué-d'Alleré	17	159 km S	1,113	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 76 %
Marçay	86	154 km SE	1,107	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Montesquieu-Lauragais	31	507 km SE	1,032	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 88 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villiers-Charlemagne	53	38 km NE	1,109	37.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 80 %
Le Pin	79	86 km S	1,091	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 %
Marçay	86	154 km SE	1,107	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 85 %
Le Gué-d'Alleré	17	159 km S	1,113	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 76 %
Les Ventes	27	208 km NE	1,052	29.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 72 %
Montesquieu-Lauragais	31	507 km SE	1,032	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 88 %

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Elsewhere

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