Arçonnay

Sarthe · CU d'Alençon · INSEE 72006

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

Partly served 53.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arçonnay (INSEE 72006) is in Sarthe (72), part of CU d'Alençon. Population 1,902 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/72006-arconnay

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 9,925 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	0.47	25	11.74
Social	0.8	20	16.02
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.59	10	5.86
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · BOULANGERIE D'ARCONNAY · JEFF DE BRUGES). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (ALENCON DISTRIBUTION · LIDL). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (ARCODINE · NCI.I · LA CHOPE AMBREE · WOK TCHEN). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (AFTERWORK). ^[4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE D'ARCONNAY). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ARCONNAY AP). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF FRANCIS BUSSON · LYCEE MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (COIFF AND CO · EUGEMA · LD COIFF). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · BOULANGERIE D'ARCONNAY · JEFF DE BRUGES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	2	ALENCON DISTRIBUTION · LIDL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	7	ARCODINE · NCI.I · LA CHOPE AMBREE · WOK TCHEN	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	AFTERWORK	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE D'ARCONNAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	ARCONNAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF FRANCIS BUSSON · LYCEE MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	COIFF AND CO · EUGEMA · LD COIFF	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 611 peak 2007: 1,907 2023: 1,902 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,835 (2012) → 1,902 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,752 (1990) → 1,902 (2023): 8.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 911, of which 1.9 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 1.8 km N 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 (Arçonnay): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arçonnay): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Alençon): 1.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Arçonnay): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Arçonnay): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.3

Days at or below 0 °C 60.1

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 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LA FRESNAYE weather station, 10.1 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 148 m. ^[10]

An average of 823 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ANCINNES, 7.2 km away at 179 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 — 72006/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72006/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72006/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72006/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72006
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61001
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
Chartrettes	77	193 km E	2,633	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Raillencourt-Sainte-Olle	59	301 km NE	2,127	47.1	Partly served	no figures
Fournes-en-Weppes	59	317 km NE	2,179	48.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 66 %
Dreuil-lès-Amiens	80	230 km NE	1,576	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Cyprien	42	447 km SE	2,415	51.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 100 %
Vendin-lès-Béthune	62	300 km NE	2,374	49	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 70 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chartrettes	77	193 km E	2,633	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Dreuil-lès-Amiens	80	230 km NE	1,576	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 %
Vendin-lès-Béthune	62	300 km NE	2,374	49	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 70 %
Raillencourt-Sainte-Olle	59	301 km NE	2,127	47.1	Partly served	no figures
Fournes-en-Weppes	59	317 km NE	2,179	48.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 66 %
Saint-Cyprien	42	447 km SE	2,415	51.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 100 %

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