Le May-sur-Èvre

Maine-et-Loire · CA Cholet Agglomération · INSEE 49193

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

Few services 38/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le May-sur-Èvre (INSEE 49193) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CA Cholet Agglomération. Population 3,920 (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/49193-le-may-sur-evre

Vitality score

Vitality score 38/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 11 % of the 5,755 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	0.36	25	8.95
Social	0.26	20	5.28
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.5	10	5.02
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE SAINT MICHEL · LA FLEUR DE BLE · AU RENDEZ VOUS DES PAINS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE BISTROT DE L'HOTEL · 2LMC · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MOULIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME A). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRIVE ST JOSEPH). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RADU-MIHNEA DRAGOMIR, MÉDECIN · MONICA DRAGOMIR, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LE MAY-SUR-EVRE MAY LIVRES). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CREDIT MUTUEL D ANJOU · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU MAY-SUR-EVRE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (ART DE LA COUPE · SYLVIE COIFFURE · SUE O). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE SAINT MICHEL · LA FLEUR DE BLE · AU RENDEZ VOUS DES PAINS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	LE BISTROT DE L'HOTEL · 2LMC · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MOULIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME A	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE PRIVE ST JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	RADU-MIHNEA DRAGOMIR, MÉDECIN · MONICA DRAGOMIR, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU MAY	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 LE MAY-SUR-EVRE MAY LIVRES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CREDIT MUTUEL D ANJOU · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU MAY-SUR-EVRE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	4	ART DE LA COUPE · SYLVIE COIFFURE · SUE O	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 3,383 peak 2012: 4,007 2023: 3,920 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,007 (2012) → 3,920 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,914 (1990) → 3,920 (2023): 0.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,818, of which 1 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.3 km W 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 (Le May-sur-Èvre): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le May-sur-Èvre): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le May-sur-Èvre): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bégrolles-en-Mauges): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le May-sur-Èvre): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.1

Days at or below 0 °C 40.2

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BEGROLLES weather station, 3.7 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 99 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CHOLET, 6.6 km away at 134 m, over 24 summers. ^[10]

An average of 857 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BEGROLLES, 3.7 km away at 100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49193/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49193/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49193/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49193/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49193
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49027
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
Bénesse-Maremne	40	392 km S	3,780	48.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %
Dieulouard	54	551 km NE	4,581	40.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 47 %
Bourg-des-Comptes	35	108 km NW	3,411	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Hélène	33	242 km S	3,091	42	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Ribécourt-Dreslincourt	60	386 km NE	3,871	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Fay-aux-Loges	45	244 km E	3,916	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bourg-des-Comptes	35	108 km NW	3,411	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Hélène	33	242 km S	3,091	42	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Fay-aux-Loges	45	244 km E	3,916	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 78 %
Ribécourt-Dreslincourt	60	386 km NE	3,871	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bénesse-Maremne	40	392 km S	3,780	48.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 0 %
Dieulouard	54	551 km NE	4,581	40.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 47 %

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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 Le May-sur-Èvre'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
Bourg-des-Comptes	35	108 km NW	3,411	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Ribécourt-Dreslincourt	60	386 km NE	3,871	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Marmoutier	67	640 km E	2,699	59.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Laigné-Saint-Gervais	72	118 km NE	4,252	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold	57	600 km NE	3,572	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnétable	72	152 km NE	3,703	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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