Varennes-sur-Loire

Maine-et-Loire · CA Saumur Val de Loire · INSEE 49361

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

Partly served 47.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Varennes-sur-Loire (INSEE 49361) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CA Saumur Val de Loire. Population 1,922 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 47.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 9,860 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	0.52	25	13.03
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.54	10	5.41
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 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 1 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 DE LA LOIRE). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE GAUFRETEAU). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Café / bar (LE JARDIN DE VARENNES). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALISEE FLEVIN, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIAN TARDY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VARENNES SUR LOIRE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VARENNES-SUR-LOIRE CO-LIBRIS). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (CORNUBERT EDITH · AUDREY COIF S.T.T.I.C). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (ETANG DE LA BRECHE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DE LA LOIRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	BOUCHERIE GAUFRETEAU	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		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 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE JARDIN DE VARENNES	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE URBAIN FARDEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ALISEE FLEVIN, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIAN TARDY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE GIRAULT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	VARENNES SUR LOIRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VARENNES-SUR-LOIRE CO-LIBRIS	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	2	CORNUBERT EDITH · AUDREY COIF S.T.T.I.C	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	ETANG DE LA BRECHE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,726 2023: 1,922 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,889 (2012) → 1,922 (2023): 1.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,847 (1990) → 1,922 (2023): 4.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 929, of which 5 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Varennes-sur-Loire): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Varennes-sur-Loire): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Varennes-sur-Loire): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Varennes-sur-Loire): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Varennes-sur-Loire): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.8

Days at or below 0 °C 33.2

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAUMUR weather station, 9.9 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 29 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at MONT-BELLAY-INRAE, 19.1 km away at 58 m, over 24 summers. ^[10]

An average of 657 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAUMUR, 9.9 km away at 69 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 — 49361/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/49/fa4b89c4-439c-353c-afb7-be5d35410814— “Marché de Varennes-sur-Loire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49361/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49361/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49361/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49361
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
Saint-Nauphary	82	379 km S	1,948	57.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Lombron	72	98 km N	1,960	36.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Rives-d'Autise	85	106 km SW	2,036	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Châtonnay	38	441 km SE	2,009	55.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Chaillé-les-Marais	85	125 km SW	1,924	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Châtillon-en-Vendelais	35	143 km NW	1,775	53.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 99 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lombron	72	98 km N	1,960	36.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Rives-d'Autise	85	106 km SW	2,036	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Chaillé-les-Marais	85	125 km SW	1,924	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Châtillon-en-Vendelais	35	143 km NW	1,775	53.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Nauphary	82	379 km S	1,948	57.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Châtonnay	38	441 km SE	2,009	55.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 39 % · 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 Varennes-sur-Loire'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
Rives-d'Autise	85	106 km SW	2,036	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Chaillé-les-Marais	85	125 km SW	1,924	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Coulonges-sur-l'Autize	79	98 km SW	2,345	61	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Couffé	44	103 km W	2,535	58.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Quintenas	07	423 km SE	1,770	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pleumartin	86	78 km SE	1,214	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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