Aigné

Sarthe · CU Le Mans Métropole · INSEE 72001

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 29.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aigné (INSEE 72001) is in Sarthe (72), part of CU Le Mans Métropole. Population 1,695 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/72001-aigne

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 10,722 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.97	10	9.68
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LES TROIS MOUSSES). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ROGER BAZILLE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CATHERINE MERIENNE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE GASTON WARINGHIEN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (CARACT'HAIR & BEAUTE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LES TROIS MOUSSES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ROGER BAZILLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CATHERINE MERIENNE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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 GASTON WARINGHIEN	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	CARACT'HAIR & BEAUTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 519 2023: 1,695 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,600 (2012) → 1,695 (2023): 5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,155 (1990) → 1,695 (2023): 46.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 702, of which 1.4 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 1.2 km EPharmacy — 1.3 km EBakery — 3.3 km E 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 (Saint-Saturnin): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Milesse): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aigné): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Milesse): 1.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Aigné): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.4

Days at or below 0 °C 47.9

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ROUILLON weather station, 6.6 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 67 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 14.4 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 782 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ROUILLON, 6.6 km away at 90 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72001/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72001/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72001/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72001/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72320
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72198
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72001
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-André-le-Puy	42	414 km SE	1,530	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 70 % · humidity 0 %
Andres	62	338 km N	1,523	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Dannemarie-sur-Crète	25	442 km E	1,486	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey	01	466 km SE	1,152	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
L'Escale	04	635 km SE	1,427	34	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Néfiach	66	629 km S	1,383	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 69 % · humidity 21 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Andres	62	338 km N	1,523	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-le-Puy	42	414 km SE	1,530	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 70 % · humidity 0 %
Dannemarie-sur-Crète	25	442 km E	1,486	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey	01	466 km SE	1,152	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Néfiach	66	629 km S	1,383	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 69 % · humidity 21 %
L'Escale	04	635 km SE	1,427	34	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · 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 Aigné'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
Andres	62	338 km N	1,523	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Doingt	80	293 km NE	1,389	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saintines	60	239 km NE	1,060	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Husseren-Wesserling	68	512 km E	1,022	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Tourmignies	59	346 km NE	936	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Villiers-Saint-Denis	02	254 km NE	997	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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