Les Rairies

Maine-et-Loire · CC Anjou Loir et Sarthe · INSEE 49257

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

Partly served 43.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Rairies (INSEE 49257) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CC Anjou Loir et Sarthe. Population 1,041 (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/49257-les-rairies

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 14,079 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.72	10	7.19
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.62

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES MACARONS A L'ANCIENNE DE MARIE). ^[3]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL PERE LOUIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (T ET L TIRAMISU ET LASAGNES). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES HIRONDELLES). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES RAIRIES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LES RAIRIES GRAIN D'AILE). ^[3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES MACARONS A L'ANCIENNE DE MARIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL PERE LOUIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	T ET L TIRAMISU ET LASAGNES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES HIRONDELLES	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	LES RAIRIES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LES RAIRIES GRAIN D'AILE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 781 2023: 1,041 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 983 (2012) → 1,041 (2023): 5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 854 (1990) → 1,041 (2023): 21.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 504, of which 3.8 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 0.7 km NEGP — 2.9 km NWPharmacy — 4.9 km NE 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 (Les Rairies): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Rairies): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Durtal): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bazouges Cré sur Loir): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Les Rairies): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.6

Days at or below 0 °C 43.7

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MARCE weather station, 12.9 km away at 53 m; the village itself is at 36 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MARCE, 12.9 km away at 53 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

An average of 696 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DURTAL, 3.3 km away at 40 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 — 49257/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49257/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49257/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49257/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49257
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49127
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72025
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
Domart-en-Ponthieu	80	319 km NE	1,081	35	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Félix-de-Lodez	34	527 km SE	1,135	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Marlieux	01	438 km E	1,185	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 77 %
Longecourt-en-Plaine	21	406 km E	1,177	37.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Fontenay-le-Pesnel	14	171 km N	1,258	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Anjou	38	466 km SE	1,031	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fontenay-le-Pesnel	14	171 km N	1,258	40.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Domart-en-Ponthieu	80	319 km NE	1,081	35	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Longecourt-en-Plaine	21	406 km E	1,177	37.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Marlieux	01	438 km E	1,185	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 77 %
Anjou	38	466 km SE	1,031	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Félix-de-Lodez	34	527 km SE	1,135	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Les Rairies'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
Oermingen	67	562 km E	1,086	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Marie-la-Blanche	21	391 km E	927	48.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Lignières-de-Touraine	37	61 km SE	1,318	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Huillé-Lézigné	49	6.9 km W	1,298	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Torcé	35	91 km NW	1,281	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Grigonnais	44	111 km W	1,828	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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