Auvers-le-Hamon

Sarthe · CC du Pays Sabolien · INSEE 72016

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

Few services 32.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Auvers-le-Hamon (INSEE 72016) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays Sabolien. Population 1,445 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72016-auvers-le-hamon

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 11,932 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.71	10	7.07
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVECO). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MAURICE CANTIN · ECOLE MIXTE SAINT CHARLES DDEC). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MAGHNIA TERKI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (AUVERS LE HAMON AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA GOUPILLÈRE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVECO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MAURICE CANTIN · ECOLE MIXTE SAINT CHARLES DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MAGHNIA TERKI, 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	1	AUVERS LE HAMON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 LA GOUPILLÈRE	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

1968: 1,066 peak 2012: 1,524 2023: 1,445 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,524 (2012) → 1,445 (2023): -5.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,197 (1990) → 1,445 (2023): 20.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 649, of which 2.8 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 5.7 km SBakery — 6.7 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 (Poillé-sur-Vègre): 6.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Auvers-le-Hamon): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Auvers-le-Hamon): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sablé-sur-Sarthe): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Auvers-le-Hamon): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.2

Days at or below 0 °C 40.2

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SABLE SUR SARTH weather station, 7.9 km away at 41 m; the village itself is at 60 m. ^[11]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SABLE SUR SARTH, 7.9 km away at 41 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 — 72016/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72016/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72016/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72016/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72239
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72016
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72264
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
Breuil-Magné	17	219 km S	1,926	33.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 84 %
Ceyras	34	558 km SE	1,404	29	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 82 %
Sahurs	76	188 km NE	1,216	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %
Gorze	57	485 km E	1,120	30	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 74 %
Tramoyes	01	463 km SE	1,852	31	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 81 %
Angliers	17	194 km S	1,447	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sahurs	76	188 km NE	1,216	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %
Angliers	17	194 km S	1,447	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 85 %
Breuil-Magné	17	219 km S	1,926	33.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 84 %
Tramoyes	01	463 km SE	1,852	31	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 81 %
Gorze	57	485 km E	1,120	30	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 74 %
Ceyras	34	558 km SE	1,404	29	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 82 %

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