La Possonnière

Maine-et-Loire · CC Loire Layon Aubance · INSEE 49247

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

Partly served 53.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Possonnière (INSEE 49247) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CC Loire Layon Aubance. Population 2,501 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/49247-la-possonniere

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 8,239 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	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.77	10	7.75
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL POSSO-LOIRE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LES TOURBILLONS · CHANT'CLAIRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES PETITES GOGANES). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LES GOGANES · ECOLE PRIVEE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (OLIVIER VIDALENC, MÉDECIN · LILA TILLARD, MÉDECIN · PAULINE DAGNICOURT, MÉDECIN · BENOITE DENIS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA POSSONNIERE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA POSSONNIÈRE MÉDIATHÈQUE DU PONTON). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LE COMPTOIR DU CISEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU PORT). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SARL POSSO-LOIRE	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	3	LES TOURBILLONS · CHANT'CLAIRE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES PETITES GOGANES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LES GOGANES · ECOLE PRIVEE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	OLIVIER VIDALENC, MÉDECIN · LILA TILLARD, MÉDECIN · PAULINE DAGNICOURT, MÉDECIN · BENOITE DENIS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA POSSONNIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSSONNIERE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA POSSONNIÈRE MÉDIATHÈQUE DU PONTON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN FOULIARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LE COMPTOIR DU CISEAU	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU PORT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,516 2023: 2,501 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,391 (2012) → 2,501 (2023): 4.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,962 (1990) → 2,501 (2023): 27.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,084, of which 3.3 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (La Possonnière): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Possonnière): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Possonnière): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Possonnière): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Possonnière): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.3

Days at or below 0 °C 36.3

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BEAULIEU-S-LAY weather station, 10.1 km away at 78 m; the village itself is at 37 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BEAUCOUZE, 12.9 km away at 50 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 748 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST LEGER DES BOIS, 8.7 km away at 57 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49247/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49247/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49247/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49247/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49247
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
Ivry-la-Bataille	27	232 km NE	2,609	59.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 88 %
Cattenom	57	559 km NE	2,580	53.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 61 %
Taluyers	69	457 km SE	2,686	61.1	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Alby-sur-Chéran	74	541 km E	2,664	58.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Rieux-Volvestre	31	481 km S	2,639	62.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Trouillas	66	597 km SE	2,324	54	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ivry-la-Bataille	27	232 km NE	2,609	59.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 88 %
Taluyers	69	457 km SE	2,686	61.1	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Rieux-Volvestre	31	481 km S	2,639	62.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Alby-sur-Chéran	74	541 km E	2,664	58.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Cattenom	57	559 km NE	2,580	53.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 61 %
Trouillas	66	597 km SE	2,324	54	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 %

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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 La Possonnière'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
Prahecq	79	127 km S	2,252	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Ménitré	49	32 km E	2,079	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Trémentines	49	29 km S	3,101	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-des-Oullières	69	432 km E	2,264	61.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Scorbé-Clairvaux	86	104 km SE	2,174	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Bar-sur-Seine	10	387 km E	2,858	66.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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