Sermaise

Maine-et-Loire · CC Anjou Loir et Sarthe · INSEE 49334

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

Few services 29.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sermaise (INSEE 49334) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CC Anjou Loir et Sarthe. Population 345 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 29.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 18,056 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.91	10	9.14
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.06

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	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: 250 2023: 345 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 300 (2012) → 345 (2023): 15 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 244 (1990) → 345 (2023): 41.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 170, of which 9.4 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.5 km NWFood shop — 3.6 km NWPharmacy — 3.7 km NBakery — 3.8 km NW 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 (Jarzé Villages): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Jarzé Villages): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Jarzé Villages): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Jarzé Villages): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sermaise): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.8

Days at or below 0 °C 32.5

Muggy days a summer 2

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FONTAINE-GUERIN weather station, 4.8 km away at 41 m; the village itself is at 42 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at FONTAINE-GUERIN, 4.8 km away at 41 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 672 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FONTAINE-GUERIN, 4.8 km away at 41 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 — 49334/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49334/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49334/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49334/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49163
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49334
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
Marnoz	39	461 km E	365	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Volksberg	67	578 km E	353	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Hommert	57	563 km E	305	23.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %
Santeau	45	187 km E	390	29.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 82 %
Sus	64	471 km S	371	27	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 91 %
Puynormand	33	283 km S	305	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Santeau	45	187 km E	390	29.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 82 %
Puynormand	33	283 km S	305	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Marnoz	39	461 km E	365	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Sus	64	471 km S	371	27	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 91 %
Hommert	57	563 km E	305	23.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %
Volksberg	67	578 km E	353	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Sermaise'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
Mondreville	78	202 km NE	381	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Liez	85	134 km S	302	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Vernie	72	75 km N	346	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Arthezé	72	30 km N	350	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Chassillé	72	56 km N	249	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Fresnay-le-Comte	28	153 km NE	281	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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