Val-du-Layon
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 40.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Val-du-Layon (INSEE 49292) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CC Loire Layon Aubance. Population 3,510 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2015-12-31 from 1 former commune: Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné (49265). [3]
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/49292-val-du-layon
Vitality score
Vitality score 40.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 20 % of the 6,269 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 | 0.2 | 25 | 5.12 |
| Social | 0.26 | 20 | 5.28 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.11 | 10 | 1.11 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (K'RION). [4,5]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SNC BRUNET LEDUC · COCCIMARKET). [4,5]
3 × Restaurant (CAMAYE &RICMILLE · POPOTE & POMPETTE · LA CORNICHE). [4,5]
4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE GUY CADOU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CELESTIN FREINET · ECOLE PRIVEE MIXTE). [4]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE ST LAMBERT DU LATTAY). [4,5]
2 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT LAMBERT DU LATTAY AP · SAINT AUBIN DE LUIGNE RP). [4]
2 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINT-LAMBERT-DU-LATTAY · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-AUBIN-DE-LUIGNÉ). [4]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE SAINT LAMBERT DU LATTAY). [4]
3 × Hairdresser (INES SALMON COIFFURE · MA CREATION COIFFURE). [4,5]
1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). [4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | K'RION | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | SNC BRUNET LEDUC · COCCIMARKET | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 3 | CAMAYE &RICMILLE · POPOTE & POMPETTE · LA CORNICHE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 4 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE GUY CADOU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CELESTIN FREINET · ECOLE PRIVEE MIXTE | INSEE BPE 4 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE ST LAMBERT DU LATTAY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | SAINT LAMBERT DU LATTAY AP · SAINT AUBIN DE LUIGNE RP | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Library | 2 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINT-LAMBERT-DU-LATTAY · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-AUBIN-DE-LUIGNÉ | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE SAINT LAMBERT DU LATTAY | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | INES SALMON COIFFURE · MA CREATION COIFFURE | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Campsite | 1 | MAIRIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 3,216 (2012) → 3,510 (2023): 9.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 2,205 (1990) → 3,510 (2023): 59.2 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,507, of which 5 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Val-du-Layon): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Val-du-Layon): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Beaulieu-sur-Layon): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Val-du-Layon): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Val-du-Layon): 0 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [11]
Measured at the BEAULIEU-S-LAY weather station, 2.8 km away at 78 m; the village itself is at 62 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at MARTIGNE-BRIAND, 15.9 km away at 73 m, over 21 summers. [11]
An average of 665 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BEAULIEU-S-LAY, 2.8 km away at 78 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 — 49292/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49292/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49292/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49292/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 49292
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 49022
- 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-Colomban | 44 | 79 km SW | 3,500 | 38.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dordives | 45 | 271 km E | 3,277 | 37.4 | Few services | no figures |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay | 17 | 116 km S | 3,063 | 38.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 % |
| Petit-Mars | 44 | 63 km W | 3,888 | 42.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bû | 28 | 229 km NE | 2,077 | 43.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Victor-la-Coste | 30 | 546 km SE | 2,233 | 44.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petit-Mars | 44 | 63 km W | 3,888 | 42.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Colomban | 44 | 79 km SW | 3,500 | 38.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay | 17 | 116 km S | 3,063 | 38.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 % |
| Bû | 28 | 229 km NE | 2,077 | 43.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dordives | 45 | 271 km E | 3,277 | 37.4 | Few services | no figures |
| Saint-Victor-la-Coste | 30 | 546 km SE | 2,233 | 44.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 84 % · 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 Val-du-Layon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellevigne-les-Châteaux | 49 | 43 km E | 3,435 | 40.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chens-sur-Léman | 74 | 536 km E | 3,068 | 39 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mauves-sur-Loire | 44 | 57 km W | 3,409 | 45.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-des-Noyers | 85 | 77 km SW | 2,560 | 49.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bournezeau | 85 | 85 km SW | 3,452 | 49.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montreuil-Bellay | 49 | 41 km SE | 3,746 | 50.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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