Épieds

Maine-et-Loire · CA Saumur Val de Loire · INSEE 49131

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

Few services 21/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Épieds (INSEE 49131) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CA Saumur Val de Loire. Population 711 (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/49131-epieds

Vitality score

Vitality score 21/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 16,342 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	5	0
Population trend	0.71	10	7.11
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.38

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

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

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, Library. ^[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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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: 489 peak 2017: 761 2023: 711 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 726 (2012) → 711 (2023): -2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 587 (1990) → 711 (2023): 21.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 338, of which 6.2 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.2 km NBakery — 5.5 km NGP — 6.5 km NPharmacy — 8.2 km N 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 (Bellevigne-les-Châteaux): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bellevigne-les-Châteaux): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bellevigne-les-Châteaux): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Varrains): 8.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Épieds): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.7

Days at or below 0 °C 32.9

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONT-BELLAY-INRAE weather station, 7.3 km away at 58 m; the village itself is at 33 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MONT-BELLAY-INRAE, 7.3 km away at 58 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 610 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONT-BELLAY-INRAE, 7.3 km away at 58 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 — 49131/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49131/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49131/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49131/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49060
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49362
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49131
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
Perdreauville	78	238 km NE	701	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Chavannes-sur-Reyssouze	01	392 km E	726	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 59 %
Saint-Germain-de-Livet	14	215 km N	688	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bayon-sur-Gironde	33	236 km S	734	18.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Chélieu	38	461 km E	733	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 9 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Aulde	77	315 km NE	706	23.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Germain-de-Livet	14	215 km N	688	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bayon-sur-Gironde	33	236 km S	734	18.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Perdreauville	78	238 km NE	701	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Aulde	77	315 km NE	706	23.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Chavannes-sur-Reyssouze	01	392 km E	726	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 59 %
Chélieu	38	461 km E	733	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 9 % · 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 Épieds'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
Romans	79	88 km S	690	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Marcillé	79	107 km S	725	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Mézières-sous-Lavardin	72	113 km N	676	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Biez-en-Belin	72	78 km N	710	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Petosse	85	99 km SW	688	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Averdon	41	118 km NE	677	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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