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Cornillé-les-Caves

Maine-et-Loire · CC Anjou Loir et Sarthe · INSEE 49107

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

Partly served 42.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cornillé-les-Caves (INSEE 49107) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CC Anjou Loir et Sarthe. Population 484 (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/49107-cornille-les-caves

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 17,855 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0.752014.97
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.53105.32
Housing mix0.8654.29

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3]

2 × Restaurant (LAITERIE TESSIER · L'UTOPIK). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PIMPANICAILLE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2LAITERIE TESSIER · L'UTOPIKINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PIMPANICAILLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 406 peak 1982: 491 2023: 484 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 457 (2012) → 484 (2023): 5.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 469 (1990) → 484 (2023): 3.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 238, of which 7.1 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 1.1 km W (Loire-Authion)Pharmacy — 1.4 km W (Loire-Authion)Food shop — 2.5 km S (Cornillé-les-Caves)Bakery — 3.4 km S (Mazé-Milon)
In the commune Primary school GP — 1.1 km WPharmacy — 1.4 km WFood shop — 2.5 km SBakery — 3.4 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 (Mazé-Milon): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Cornillé-les-Caves): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Loire-Authion): 1.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Loire-Authion): 1.4 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Cornillé-les-Caves): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the MARCE weather station, 7 km away at 53 m; the village itself is at 56 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at MARCE, 7 km away at 53 m, over 26 summers. [11]

An average of 694 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at MARCE, 7 km away at 53 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49107/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49107/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49107/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49107/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 49194
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 49107
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 49307
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Courset62383 km NE50544.1Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Lavergne46340 km SE48947.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Flachères38485 km SE57948Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 %
Sandrans01432 km E58245.4Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 86 %
Mackwiller67576 km E52538Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Magneux-Haute-Rive42398 km SE55545.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lavergne46340 km SE48947.6Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Courset62383 km NE50544.1Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Magneux-Haute-Rive42398 km SE55545.8Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 %
Sandrans01432 km E58245.4Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 86 %
Flachères38485 km SE57948Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 %
Mackwiller67576 km E52538Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · 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 Cornillé-les-Caves'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mackwiller67576 km E52538Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Baume-Cornillane26508 km SE45636.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
La Ferté-Saint-Samson76267 km NE44938.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Courcelles-de-Touraine3746 km E48342.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Genainville95236 km NE52234.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-sous-Charlieu42374 km SE54840.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %