Aubigné-Racan

Sarthe · CC Sud Sarthe · INSEE 72013

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

Partly served 43/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aubigné-Racan (INSEE 72013) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Sud Sarthe. Population 2,158 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72013-aubigne-racan

Vitality score

Vitality score 43/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 9,107 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	0.53	10	5.26
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.04

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE LEDOUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AUX SAVEURS D'AUBIGNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PERRY DIANE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ESCAPADE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE SAINT JOSEPH DDEC). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE EVRARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CHAUVAT). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE · RÉSEAU ODYSSÉE - MÉDIATHÈQUES CC SUD SARTHE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE ROGER BERNARD). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE LEDOUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	AUX SAVEURS D'AUBIGNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	PERRY DIANE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'ESCAPADE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE SAINT JOSEPH DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PHILIPPE EVRARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE CHAUVAT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	AUBIGNE RACAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	2	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE · RÉSEAU ODYSSÉE - MÉDIATHÈQUES CC SUD SARTHE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE ROGER BERNARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday 8h30 à 12h30. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,858 2023: 2,158 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,144 (2012) → 2,158 (2023): 0.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,103 (1990) → 2,158 (2023): 2.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,284, of which 9.6 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Aubigné-Racan): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Aubigné-Racan): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aubigné-Racan): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Aubigné-Racan): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Aubigné-Racan): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.8

Days at or below 0 °C 46.4

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE LUDE weather station, 10.9 km away at 58 m; the village itself is at 56 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LUCHE-PRINGE, 13.8 km away at 92 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 729 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTABON, 10.3 km away at 49 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72013/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.aubigne-racan.com/le-marche/— “Tous les samedis matin de 8h30 à 12h30”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72013/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72013/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72013/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72013
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
Boeschepe	59	388 km NE	2,244	54.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Edern	29	320 km W	2,186	52.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Alignan-du-Vent	34	527 km SE	1,796	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Godewaersvelde	59	386 km NE	2,024	56.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Le Gâvre	44	152 km W	1,890	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Canet	11	535 km SE	1,873	55.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 21 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Gâvre	44	152 km W	1,890	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Edern	29	320 km W	2,186	52.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Godewaersvelde	59	386 km NE	2,024	56.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Boeschepe	59	388 km NE	2,244	54.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Alignan-du-Vent	34	527 km SE	1,796	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Canet	11	535 km SE	1,873	55.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Aubigné-Racan'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
Soings-en-Sologne	41	99 km E	1,546	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bouloire	72	38 km NE	2,127	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Loué	72	46 km NW	2,156	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Bourgs sur Colagne	48	421 km SE	2,091	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Luzy	58	297 km E	2,006	67.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Vendeuvre-sur-Barse	10	318 km E	2,225	56.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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