Soulaire-et-Bourg
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 33/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Soulaire-et-Bourg (INSEE 49339) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CU Angers Loire Métropole. Population 1,467 (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/49339-soulaire-et-bourg
Vitality score
Vitality score 33/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 28 % of the 11,811 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.88 | 10 | 8.8 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.77 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AUX DEUX CLOCHERS). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (AU P'TIT RESTAURANT DU CHATEAU · LA BRAVERIE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES CARTIER). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOULAIRE-ET-BOURG ECOLE JACQUES CARTIER). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE ERIC TABARLY). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | AUX DEUX CLOCHERS | 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 | 2 | AU P'TIT RESTAURANT DU CHATEAU · LA BRAVERIE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES CARTIER | 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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOULAIRE-ET-BOURG ECOLE JACQUES CARTIER | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | STADE ERIC TABARLY | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 1,455 (2012) → 1,467 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,063 (1990) → 1,467 (2023): 38 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 614, of which 2.3 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Feneu): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Soulaire-et-Bourg): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Feneu): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Feneu): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Soulaire-et-Bourg): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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, 12.1 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 52 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BEAUCOUZE, 12.1 km away at 50 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 668 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at TIERCE, 8.4 km away at 22 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 — 49339/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49339/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49339/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49339/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 49135
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 49339
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labastide-du-Temple | 82 | 411 km S | 1,132 | 33.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 % |
| Ableiges | 95 | 252 km NE | 1,108 | 35.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cogny | 69 | 432 km E | 1,211 | 33 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pomeys | 69 | 437 km SE | 1,126 | 34.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Meilleraie-Tillay | 85 | 96 km S | 1,485 | 32.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dirac | 16 | 228 km S | 1,516 | 29.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Meilleraie-Tillay | 85 | 96 km S | 1,485 | 32.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dirac | 16 | 228 km S | 1,516 | 29.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ableiges | 95 | 252 km NE | 1,108 | 35.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Labastide-du-Temple | 82 | 411 km S | 1,132 | 33.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 % |
| Cogny | 69 | 432 km E | 1,211 | 33 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pomeys | 69 | 437 km SE | 1,126 | 34.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 28 % · 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 Soulaire-et-Bourg'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Meilleraie-Tillay | 85 | 96 km S | 1,485 | 32.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Château-Guibert | 85 | 123 km SW | 1,584 | 35.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Barthélemy | 70 | 535 km E | 1,085 | 25.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Girouard | 85 | 138 km SW | 1,156 | 34.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Ouen-en-Belin | 72 | 64 km NE | 1,313 | 31.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brie | 35 | 85 km NW | 988 | 34.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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