Montsoreau
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 54.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Montsoreau (INSEE 49219) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CA Saumur Val de Loire. Population 408 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/49219-montsoreau
Vitality score
Vitality score 54.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 97 % of the 17,960 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 | 0.71 | 25 | 17.74 |
| Social | 0.82 | 20 | 16.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.23 | 10 | 2.27 |
| Housing mix | 0.43 | 5 | 2.13 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE-PATISSERIE BESNARD). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL BRANCHEREAU PERE ET FILS). [3]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVECO · FLAVIE LA RINGLETTE). [3,4]
10 × Restaurant (LE MAIL · FLEUR DE SEL · LA DENTELLIERE). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE LION D'OR). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ALEXANDRE DUMAS). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTSOREAU RP). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (HÔTEL LE BUSSY · LA MARINE DE LOIRE HOTEL). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE L'ILE VERTE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE-PATISSERIE BESNARD | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | SARL BRANCHEREAU PERE ET FILS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | VIVECO · FLAVIE LA RINGLETTE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 10 | LE MAIL · FLEUR DE SEL · LA DENTELLIERE | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE LION D'OR | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ALEXANDRE DUMAS | 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 | 1 | MONTSOREAU RP | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | LE SALON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | HÔTEL LE BUSSY · LA MARINE DE LOIRE HOTEL | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING DE L'ILE VERTE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market: Sunday matin. [5,6]
Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.
Trajectory
Population 465 (2012) → 408 (2023): -12.3 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 561 (1990) → 408 (2023): -27.3 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 362, of which 28.7 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Montsoreau): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Montsoreau): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [10]
GP (Varennes-sur-Loire): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). [11]
Pharmacy (Varennes-sur-Loire): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Montsoreau): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [12]
Measured at the SAUMUR weather station, 11 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 39 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at MONT-BELLAY-INRAE, 18 km away at 58 m, over 24 summers. [12]
An average of 657 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at SAUMUR, 11 km away at 69 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
What property sold for
48 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 169,500 € — 1,734 € per m² of built surface. [13]
The median across Maine-et-Loire is 1,797 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [13]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49219/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://ville-montsoreau.fr/— “Chaque dimanche matin, la place du”
- DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/49/59bc919d-62e2-3223-bde7-35be1c3612ab— “Le dimanche matin de 8h à 13h sur la place du Mail à Montsoreau.”
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49219/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49219/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49219/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 49219
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 49361
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Roche-Guyon | 95 | 238 km NE | 399 | 55.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 % |
| Châteaudouble | 83 | 641 km SE | 476 | 51 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Robert | 19 | 238 km SE | 294 | 42.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 % |
| Volpajola | 2B | 898 km SE | 418 | 44.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 58 % · humidity 50 % |
| La Bastide-sur-l'Hers | 09 | 495 km S | 676 | 59.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Sozy | 46 | 284 km SE | 490 | 49 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 68 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Robert | 19 | 238 km SE | 294 | 42.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Roche-Guyon | 95 | 238 km NE | 399 | 55.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Sozy | 46 | 284 km SE | 490 | 49 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 68 % |
| La Bastide-sur-l'Hers | 09 | 495 km S | 676 | 59.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 % |
| Châteaudouble | 83 | 641 km SE | 476 | 51 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Volpajola | 2B | 898 km SE | 418 | 44.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 58 % · humidity 50 % |
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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 Montsoreau'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châteaudouble | 83 | 641 km SE | 476 | 51 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Axat | 11 | 519 km S | 479 | 52.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Monpazier | 24 | 289 km S | 441 | 66.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Mazeau | 85 | 113 km SW | 464 | 41 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Badefols-d'Ans | 24 | 237 km S | 421 | 33.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Eulalie-d'Olt | 12 | 379 km SE | 367 | 37.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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