Turquant
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Partly served 43.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Turquant (INSEE 49358) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CA Saumur Val de Loire. Population 566 (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/49358-turquant
Vitality score
Vitality score 43.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 86 % of the 17,371 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.79 | 20 | 15.82 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.9 | 10 | 9.04 |
| Housing mix | 0.82 | 5 | 4.12 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (L'HELIANTHE · BISTROGLO · LES POMMES TAPEES). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LA CAVE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE TURQUANT BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA CÔTE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
1 × Hotel (DEMEURE DE LA VIGNOLE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), 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) | 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 | 3 | L'HELIANTHE · BISTROGLO · LES POMMES TAPEES | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LA CAVE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 TURQUANT BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA CÔTE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | DEMEURE DE LA VIGNOLE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 577 (2012) → 566 (2023): -1.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 403 (1990) → 566 (2023): 40.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 319, of which 8.8 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Parnay): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Montsoreau): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Varennes-sur-Loire): 2.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Varennes-sur-Loire): 2.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Turquant): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the SAUMUR weather station, 8.4 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 37 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at MONT-BELLAY-INRAE, 16.5 km away at 58 m, over 24 summers. [12]
An average of 657 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at SAUMUR, 8.4 km away at 69 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49358/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49358/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49358/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49358/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 49235
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 49219
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 49361
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 49358
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierrefontaine-lès-Blamont | 25 | 514 km E | 484 | 45.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cornille | 24 | 227 km S | 687 | 38.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Serres | 30 | 477 km SE | 542 | 32.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 % |
| Gressey | 78 | 214 km NE | 533 | 32.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Flaujagues | 33 | 266 km S | 594 | 33.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 84 % |
| Sepvret | 79 | 105 km S | 620 | 31.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepvret | 79 | 105 km S | 620 | 31.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gressey | 78 | 214 km NE | 533 | 32.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cornille | 24 | 227 km S | 687 | 38.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 % |
| Flaujagues | 33 | 266 km S | 594 | 33.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 84 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Serres | 30 | 477 km SE | 542 | 32.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 % |
| Pierrefontaine-lès-Blamont | 25 | 514 km E | 484 | 45.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 20 % · 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 Turquant'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Félix | 46 | 332 km SE | 511 | 33.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sainte-Colombe | 33 | 261 km S | 423 | 35.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marsais-Sainte-Radégonde | 85 | 103 km SW | 553 | 21.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Curzay-sur-Vonne | 86 | 81 km S | 380 | 25.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bartrès | 65 | 456 km S | 485 | 36 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Corgengoux | 21 | 376 km E | 389 | 34.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
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