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Courléon

Maine-et-Loire · CA Saumur Val de Loire · INSEE 49114

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

No daily shops 16.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Courléon (INSEE 49114) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CA Saumur Val de Loire. Population 142 (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/49114-courleon

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 13,687 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 food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.36103.61
Housing mix0.4452.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (COURLEON AP). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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 postale1COURLEON APINSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 273 2023: 142 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 163 (2012) → 142 (2023): -12.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 165 (1990) → 142 (2023): -13.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 114, of which 28.1 % second homes and 14 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmGP — 4.6 km W (Vernoil-le-Fourrier)Bakery — 4.7 km W (Vernoil-le-Fourrier)Primary school — 4.8 km W (Vernoil-le-Fourrier)Food shop — 5.4 km N (Noyant-Villages)Pharmacy — 11.3 km SW (Brain-sur-Allonnes)
GP — 4.6 km WBakery — 4.7 km WPrimary school — 4.8 km WFood shop — 5.4 km NPharmacy — 11.3 km SW 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 (Vernoil-le-Fourrier): 4.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Noyant-Villages): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Vernoil-le-Fourrier): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Brain-sur-Allonnes): 11.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Vernoil-le-Fourrier): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49114/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49114/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49114/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49114/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 49369
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 49228
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 49041

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
Mortemart87162 km SE12816.3No daily shopsno figures
Aubepierre-sur-Aube52364 km E18017No daily shopsno figures
Tamnay-en-Bazois58273 km E17118.2No daily shopsno figures
Jouac87143 km SE19716.2No daily shopsno figures
Juncalas65482 km S17421.5Few servicesno figures
Besse15306 km SE13614.5No daily shopsno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Jouac87143 km SE19716.2No daily shopsno figures
Mortemart87162 km SE12816.3No daily shopsno figures
Tamnay-en-Bazois58273 km E17118.2No daily shopsno figures
Besse15306 km SE13614.5No daily shopsno figures
Aubepierre-sur-Aube52364 km E18017No daily shopsno figures
Juncalas65482 km S17421.5Few servicesno figures

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