Sargé-sur-Braye
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 38.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sargé-sur-Braye (INSEE 41235) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC des Collines du Perche. Population 945 (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/41235-sarge-sur-braye
Vitality score
Vitality score 38.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 61 % of the 14,696 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.49 | 20 | 9.82 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.46 | 10 | 4.56 |
| Housing mix | 0.75 | 5 | 3.74 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (GWADA BOULANGE). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (ROTISSERIE D'ANTAN · QP G · LE SEQUOIA · OSMA). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SARGE SUR BRAYE AP). [3]
1 × Library (POINT-LECTURE DE SARGÉ-SUR-BRAYE L'ALBATROS). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (GRENNE COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | GWADA BOULANGE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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 | 4 | ROTISSERIE D'ANTAN · QP G · LE SEQUOIA · OSMA | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | 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 | SARGE SUR BRAYE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | POINT-LECTURE DE SARGÉ-SUR-BRAYE L'ALBATROS | 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 | 2 | GRENNE COIFFURE | 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 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,045 (2012) → 945 (2023): -9.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 988 (1990) → 945 (2023): -4.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 585, of which 12.6 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Sargé-sur-Braye): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Savigny-sur-Braye): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Mondoubleau): 7.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Savigny-sur-Braye): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Sargé-sur-Braye): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CHOUE weather station, 6.8 km away at 163 m; the village itself is at 92 m. [11]
The village sits 71 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]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at CHOUE, 6.8 km away at 163 m, over 19 summers. [11]
That station sits 71 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 664 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CHOUE, 6.8 km away at 163 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
79 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 89,500 € — 1,000 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Loir-et-Cher is 1,214 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41235/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41235/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41235/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41235/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 41235
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 41238
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 41143
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Fougerêts | 56 | 230 km W | 970 | 41.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Coussay-les-Bois | 86 | 124 km S | 919 | 41 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Chambost-Longessaigne | 69 | 359 km SE | 930 | 40.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vanosc | 07 | 412 km SE | 907 | 42.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lhommaizé | 86 | 167 km S | 898 | 41.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 % |
| Valherbasse | 26 | 444 km SE | 1,005 | 32.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coussay-les-Bois | 86 | 124 km S | 919 | 41 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 % |
| Lhommaizé | 86 | 167 km S | 898 | 41.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 % |
| Les Fougerêts | 56 | 230 km W | 970 | 41.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chambost-Longessaigne | 69 | 359 km SE | 930 | 40.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vanosc | 07 | 412 km SE | 907 | 42.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valherbasse | 26 | 444 km SE | 1,005 | 32.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
Sort and compare these on the full list →
…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 Sargé-sur-Braye'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Fougerêts | 56 | 230 km W | 970 | 41.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Chevelu | 73 | 452 km SE | 834 | 43.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Troissy | 51 | 247 km NE | 821 | 38.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Épuisay | 41 | 6.4 km SE | 787 | 41.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marçay | 86 | 169 km S | 1,107 | 32.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Val-de-Comporté | 86 | 204 km S | 999 | 34.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/41235-sarge-sur-braye