Assé-le-Boisne

Sarthe · CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles · INSEE 72011

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

Few services 28.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Assé-le-Boisne (INSEE 72011) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles. Population 881 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 15,094 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.67	10	6.68
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.16

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (HUMEAU-RUEL). ^[4,3]

1 × Fishmonger (SARL POISSONNERIE DES HALLES). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	HUMEAU-RUEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	1	SARL POISSONNERIE DES HALLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 809 peak 2012: 921 2023: 881 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 921 (2012) → 881 (2023): -4.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 754 (1990) → 881 (2023): 16.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 487, of which 8.4 % second homes and 12.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 1.3 km SWBakery — 1.6 km WGP — 4.9 km SE 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 (Sougé-le-Ganelon): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Assé-le-Boisne): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fresnay-sur-Sarthe): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sougé-le-Ganelon): 1.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Assé-le-Boisne): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.8

Days at or below 0 °C 45

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC weather station, 7.9 km away at 85 m; the village itself is at 146 m. ^[11]

The village sits 61 m above 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]

An average of 766 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT LEONARD D, 4.9 km away at 127 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 — 72011/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72011/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72011/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72011/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72337
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72011
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72138
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
Montreuil-sur-Maine	49	91 km SW	804	32.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 78 %
Montailleur	73	564 km SE	671	31	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Germain-et-Mons	24	389 km S	908	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 93 %
Nieurlet	59	320 km NE	908	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 93 %
Meys	69	444 km SE	861	39.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 66 %
Flangebouche	25	502 km E	850	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 31 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montreuil-sur-Maine	49	91 km SW	804	32.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 78 %
Nieurlet	59	320 km NE	908	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Germain-et-Mons	24	389 km S	908	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 93 %
Meys	69	444 km SE	861	39.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 66 %
Flangebouche	25	502 km E	850	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 31 %
Montailleur	73	564 km SE	671	31	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 85 %

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