Somloire

Maine-et-Loire · CA Cholet Agglomération · INSEE 49336

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

Partly served 43.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Somloire (INSEE 49336) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CA Cholet Agglomération. Population 884 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/49336-somloire

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 15,078 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.57	10	5.72
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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) (LE FOURNIL DES VOYAGEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOMLOIRE). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (SARL MOD IDEE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DES VOYAGEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE MIXTE	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	SOMLOIRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOMLOIRE	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	1	SARL MOD IDEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 955 2023: 884 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 923 (2012) → 884 (2023): -4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 825 (1990) → 884 (2023): 7.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 419, of which 1.7 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 9.0 km SPharmacy — 10.7 km N 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 (Somloire): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Somloire): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Nueil-les-Aubiers): 9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Coron): 10.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Somloire): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.3

Days at or below 0 °C 27.3

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 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST GEORGES GARD weather station, 16.3 km away at 203 m; the village itself is at 127 m. ^[11]

The village sits 76 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

An average of 693 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VIHIERS, 14.4 km away at 124 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 — 49336/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49336/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49336/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49336/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49336
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79195
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49109
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
Chemilly-sur-Yonne	89	328 km E	887	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 89 %
Maison-Rouge	77	328 km NE	880	58.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 57 %
Voutré	53	125 km N	893	40	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 72 %
Vitry-en-Perthois	51	434 km NE	863	40.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 68 %
Pouydesseaux	40	342 km S	869	57.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 53 %
Dourdain	35	141 km NW	1,237	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 99 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Voutré	53	125 km N	893	40	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 72 %
Dourdain	35	141 km NW	1,237	36.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 99 %
Chemilly-sur-Yonne	89	328 km E	887	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 89 %
Maison-Rouge	77	328 km NE	880	58.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 57 %
Pouydesseaux	40	342 km S	869	57.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 53 %
Vitry-en-Perthois	51	434 km NE	863	40.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 68 %

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