Cheffes

Maine-et-Loire · CC Anjou Loir et Sarthe · INSEE 49090

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

Partly served 47.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cheffes (INSEE 49090) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CC Anjou Loir et Sarthe. Population 1,044 (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/49090-cheffes

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 14,079 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.72	10	7.18
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (VIVECO). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE P'TIT CHEFFES · CHEZ NINI). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE PETIT COMPTOIR). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CAMILLE FASILLEAU). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AUDREY GIRARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHEFFES RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE DE CHEFFES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MAISON GAY	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	VIVECO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	LE P'TIT CHEFFES · CHEZ NINI	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE PETIT COMPTOIR	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CAMILLE FASILLEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	AUDREY GIRARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	CHEFFES RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE DE CHEFFES	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		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	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: 680 2023: 1,044 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 943 (2012) → 1,044 (2023): 10.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 857 (1990) → 1,044 (2023): 21.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 505, of which 4.6 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.9 km NEPharmacy — 2.9 km E 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 (Juvardeil): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cheffes): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cheffes): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Tiercé): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.6

Days at or below 0 °C 42.8

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTREUIL SUR LOIR weather station, 10.3 km away at 23 m; the village itself is at 20 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MARCE, 15.7 km away at 53 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

An average of 668 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TIERCE, 3.9 km away at 22 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49090/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49090/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49090/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49090/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49170
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49090
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49347
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
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil	37	61 km SE	1,116	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vulbas	01	484 km E	1,247	52.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Plouray	56	223 km W	1,060	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Lussas	07	509 km SE	1,145	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Celle-Lévescault	86	143 km S	1,383	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Donzac	82	404 km S	1,042	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil	37	61 km SE	1,116	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Celle-Lévescault	86	143 km S	1,383	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Plouray	56	223 km W	1,060	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Donzac	82	404 km S	1,042	39.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Vulbas	01	484 km E	1,247	52.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Lussas	07	509 km SE	1,145	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 93 % · 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 Cheffes'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
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil	37	61 km SE	1,116	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Celle-Lévescault	86	143 km S	1,383	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Celle-Saint-Avant	37	107 km SE	1,079	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Claville	27	195 km NE	1,078	36.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bailleau-l'Évêque	28	171 km NE	1,175	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Félines	07	476 km SE	1,934	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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