Saint-Lambert-la-Potherie

Maine-et-Loire · CU Angers Loire Métropole · INSEE 49294

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

Partly served 48.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Lambert-la-Potherie (INSEE 49294) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CU Angers Loire Métropole. Population 2,974 (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/49294-saint-lambert-la-potherie

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 7,166 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.93	10	9.3
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 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) (LA FOURNEE DE PIERRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CAMILL'ON · LE BISTROT GOURMAND). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE FELIX PAUGER). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE FELIX PAUGER · ECOLE PRIVEE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EMILIE TESSIER, MÉDECIN · ETIENNE GABRIEL, MÉDECIN · LEA PESLERBE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES LANDES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT LAMBERT LA POTHERIE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-LAMBERT-LA-POTHERIE). ^[3]

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

3 × Hairdresser (NOUVEAU STYLE · 02 COULEURS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Pharmacy.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA FOURNEE DE PIERRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	CAMILL'ON · LE BISTROT GOURMAND	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE FELIX PAUGER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE FELIX PAUGER · ECOLE PRIVEE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	EMILIE TESSIER, MÉDECIN · ETIENNE GABRIEL, MÉDECIN · LEA PESLERBE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES LANDES	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	SAINT LAMBERT LA POTHERIE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-LAMBERT-LA-POTHERIE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	NOUVEAU STYLE · 02 COULEURS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
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: 421 2023: 2,974 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,541 (2012) → 2,974 (2023): 17 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,079 (1990) → 2,974 (2023): 43 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,217, of which 1.1 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 2.9 km SE 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 (Saint-Lambert-la-Potherie): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Lambert-la-Potherie): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Lambert-la-Potherie): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Léger-de-Linières): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Lambert-la-Potherie): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.3

Days at or below 0 °C 31

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BEAUCOUZE weather station, 4.8 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 63 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at BEAUCOUZE, 4.8 km away at 50 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 748 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST LEGER DES BOIS, 4.1 km away at 57 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 — 49294/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49294/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49294/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49294/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49294
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49298
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
Iteuil	86	134 km SE	2,989	45.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Smarves	86	133 km SE	2,941	54	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Pennautier	11	526 km SE	2,895	45.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 %
Scherwiller	67	610 km E	3,099	39.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Spay	72	79 km NE	2,808	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Vallières-sur-Fier	74	534 km E	2,860	55.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Spay	72	79 km NE	2,808	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Smarves	86	133 km SE	2,941	54	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Iteuil	86	134 km SE	2,989	45.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Pennautier	11	526 km SE	2,895	45.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 %
Vallières-sur-Fier	74	534 km E	2,860	55.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Scherwiller	67	610 km E	3,099	39.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Saint-Lambert-la-Potherie'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
Spay	72	79 km NE	2,808	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-le-Beau	37	120 km E	3,216	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Moncé-en-Belin	72	80 km NE	3,697	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Le Bignon	44	75 km SW	3,976	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Teloché	72	84 km NE	3,067	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger-sous-Cholet	49	47 km SW	3,106	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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