Cléré-sur-Layon

Maine-et-Loire · CA Cholet Agglomération · INSEE 49102

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

No daily shops 18.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cléré-sur-Layon (INSEE 49102) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CA Cholet Agglomération. Population 348 (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/49102-clere-sur-layon

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 18,020 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.35	10	3.53
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIVEE MIXTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CLÉRÉ-SUR-LAYON INACTIF). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIVEE MIXTE	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CLÉRÉ-SUR-LAYON INACTIF	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	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	1	CAMPING LE SERPOLIN	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: 494 2023: 348 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 341 (2012) → 348 (2023): 2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 408 (1990) → 348 (2023): -14.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 181, of which 6.1 % second homes and 13.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 1.7 km EGP — 4.1 km NWFood shop — 4.4 km SBakery — 4.9 km NEPharmacy — 5.0 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 (Lys-Haut-Layon): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Genneton): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lys-Haut-Layon): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lys-Haut-Layon): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Cléré-sur-Layon): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the MARTIGNE-BRIAND weather station, 17.7 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 83 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MARTIGNE-BRIAND, 17.7 km away at 73 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 693 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VIHIERS, 9.5 km away at 124 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 — 49102/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49102/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49102/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49102/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49373
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79132
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49102
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
Loriges	03	302 km E	350	21.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Marc-la-Lande	79	64 km S	356	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Méry	77	293 km NE	334	21.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Salesches	59	454 km NE	327	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Montandon	25	549 km E	371	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Chappes	10	369 km E	360	23.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Marc-la-Lande	79	64 km S	356	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Méry	77	293 km NE	334	21.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Loriges	03	302 km E	350	21.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Chappes	10	369 km E	360	23.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Salesches	59	454 km NE	327	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Montandon	25	549 km E	371	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · 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 Cléré-sur-Layon'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-Marc-la-Lande	79	64 km S	356	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Dollot	89	290 km NE	327	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bousse	72	80 km N	431	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Traize	73	499 km E	335	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Billième	73	501 km E	273	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Montagny-Sainte-Félicité	60	326 km NE	425	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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