Varrains

Maine-et-Loire · CA Saumur Val de Loire · INSEE 49362

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

Few services 34.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Varrains (INSEE 49362) is in Maine-et-Loire (49), part of CA Saumur Val de Loire. Population 1,312 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/49362-varrains

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 12,612 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.61	10	6.13
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 0 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (PORC DE LOIRE). ^[3]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE L'ORMEAU). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ROBERT CLEMOT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT FLORENT A). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTINE BOURGOIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES ROGELINS). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VARRAINS VARRAINS BOUQUINE). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON BY MELISSA & HEAD SPA). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	PORC DE LOIRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DE L'ORMEAU	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ROBERT CLEMOT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT FLORENT A	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CHRISTINE BOURGOIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES ROGELINS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VARRAINS VARRAINS BOUQUINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE DES IFS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LE SALON BY MELISSA & HEAD SPA	INSEE BPE 1 / 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	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: 1,106 2023: 1,312 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,220 (2012) → 1,312 (2023): 7.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,179 (1990) → 1,312 (2023): 11.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 627, of which 4.5 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 0.5 km SEFood shop — 0.6 km EPharmacy — 0.8 km SEBakery — 1.0 km S 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 (Bellevigne-les-Châteaux): 1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Varrains): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Varrains): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Varrains): 0.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Varrains): 0.2 km to the north-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, 3.3 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 36 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at MONT-BELLAY-INRAE, 11.8 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, 3.3 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 — 49362/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49362/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49362/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 49362/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49060
INSEE BPE 2025 — 49362
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
Cast	29	322 km W	1,570	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Hangest-en-Santerre	80	343 km NE	1,027	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Nogent-le-Phaye	28	183 km NE	1,452	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville	76	259 km N	1,515	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Le Doulieu	59	435 km NE	1,436	46.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Brandérion	56	243 km W	1,494	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nogent-le-Phaye	28	183 km NE	1,452	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Brandérion	56	243 km W	1,494	48.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville	76	259 km N	1,515	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Cast	29	322 km W	1,570	37.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Hangest-en-Santerre	80	343 km NE	1,027	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Le Doulieu	59	435 km NE	1,436	46.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 92 % · 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 Varrains'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
Lempdes-sur-Allagnon	43	328 km SE	1,293	52.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Beaulieu-sur-Layon	49	41 km W	1,345	51.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villefranche-d'Albigeois	81	414 km SE	1,224	57.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Latillé	86	68 km S	1,494	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Pissotte	85	99 km SW	1,132	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Cyr	07	429 km SE	1,476	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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