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Étriché

Maine-et-Loire · CC Anjou Loir et Sarthe · INSEE 49132

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

Partly served 40.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Étriché (INSEE 49132) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CC Anjou Loir et Sarthe. Population 1,600 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/49132-etriche

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 11,164 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9454.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOLOE ETRICHE). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DU PORAGE · A LA BONNE FRANQUETTE). [3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ALPHONSE DAUDET · ECOLE PRIVEE MIXTE). [3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ETRICHÉ). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2BOLOE ETRICHEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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]
Restaurant2LE RELAIS DU PORAGE · A LA BONNE FRANQUETTEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ALPHONSE DAUDET · ECOLE PRIVEE MIXTEINSEE BPE 2 [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 postale1ETRICHE APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ETRICHÉINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1STADEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 921 2023: 1,600 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,527 (2012) → 1,600 (2023): 4.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,024 (1990) → 1,600 (2023): 56.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 694, of which 3.2 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 3.9 km S (Tiercé)GP — 4.1 km S (Tiercé)Pharmacy — 4.2 km S (Tiercé)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.9 km SGP — 4.1 km SPharmacy — 4.2 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 (Étriché): 0 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Tiercé): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Tiercé): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Tiercé): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Étriché): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the MONTREUIL SUR LOIR weather station, 9.3 km away at 23 m; the village itself is at 35 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at MARCE, 13.7 km away at 53 m, over 26 summers. [10]

An average of 668 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at TIERCE, 3.7 km away at 22 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49132/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49132/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49132/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49132/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 49132
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 49347
  10. 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
Fillé7251 km NE1,56240.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sassenay71415 km E1,61232.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Pourcieux83671 km SE1,55232.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Louplande7249 km NE1,50537.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Luart7290 km NE1,46035.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chantemerle-les-Blés26497 km SE1,34338.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Louplande7249 km NE1,50537.6Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Fillé7251 km NE1,56240.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Luart7290 km NE1,46035.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sassenay71415 km E1,61232.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Chantemerle-les-Blés26497 km SE1,34338.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Pourcieux83671 km SE1,55232.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · 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 Étriché'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
Fillé7251 km NE1,56240.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Luart7290 km NE1,46035.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-Montcouronne91217 km NE1,54331Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Gazeran78198 km NE1,49248.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Moussy-le-Vieux77275 km NE1,46931.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mellecey71402 km E1,34837.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %