Fontevraud-l'Abbaye

Maine-et-Loire · CA Saumur Val de Loire · INSEE 49140

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

Partly served 41.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fontevraud-l'Abbaye (INSEE 49140) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CA Saumur Val de Loire. Population 1,453 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 41.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 11,874 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.46	20	9.18
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.81	10	8.11
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE OLIVIER HANOCQ LES TROIS LYS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LA CROIX BLANCHE FONTEVRAUD · SARL ELISE · FONTEVRAUD L'ERMITAGE · SARL CHEZ MIMIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA COLLINE). ^[3]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GATILLON). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FONTEVRAUD-L'ABBAYE ROBERT D'ARBRISSEL). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE MATHILDE). ^[3,4]

3 × Hotel (HÔTEL LA CROIX BLANCHE FONTEVRAUD · FONTEVRAUD L'ERMITAGE · LA TABLE DE MESTRE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE OLIVIER HANOCQ LES TROIS LYS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	5	LA CROIX BLANCHE FONTEVRAUD · SARL ELISE · FONTEVRAUD L'ERMITAGE · SARL CHEZ MIMIE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LA COLLINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE GATILLON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FONTEVRAUD-L'ABBAYE ROBERT D'ARBRISSEL	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	1	COIFFURE MATHILDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	3	HÔTEL LA CROIX BLANCHE FONTEVRAUD · FONTEVRAUD L'ERMITAGE · LA TABLE DE MESTRE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,198 peak 2012: 1,548 2023: 1,453 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,548 (2012) → 1,453 (2023): -6.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,108 (1990) → 1,453 (2023): 31.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 697, of which 15.8 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy Bakery — 3.9 km NGP — 6.1 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 (Montsoreau): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fontevraud-l'Abbaye): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Varennes-sur-Loire): 6.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Fontevraud-l'Abbaye): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fontevraud-l'Abbaye): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.8

Days at or below 0 °C 33.2

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAUMUR weather station, 12.2 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 79 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MONT-BELLAY-INRAE, 15.6 km away at 58 m, over 24 summers. ^[11]

An average of 657 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAUMUR, 12.2 km away at 69 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 — 49140/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49140/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49140/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49140/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49219
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49140
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49361
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
Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis	73	534 km E	1,506	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 27 % · humidity 86 %
Belleneuve	21	394 km E	1,571	41.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Ladon	45	208 km NE	1,392	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Portel-des-Corbières	11	511 km SE	1,279	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 %
Upie	26	463 km SE	1,556	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Fourques	66	555 km SE	1,347	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 61 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ladon	45	208 km NE	1,392	40.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Belleneuve	21	394 km E	1,571	41.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Upie	26	463 km SE	1,556	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Portel-des-Corbières	11	511 km SE	1,279	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis	73	534 km E	1,506	30.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 27 % · humidity 86 %
Fourques	66	555 km SE	1,347	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 61 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Fontevraud-l'Abbaye'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
Pamproux	79	88 km S	1,686	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
L'Île-d'Elle	85	121 km SW	1,502	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Donzy	58	233 km E	1,525	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-de-Prinçay	85	96 km SW	1,640	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Chiché	79	53 km SW	1,679	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Availles-en-Châtellerault	86	62 km SE	1,730	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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