Auvers-sous-Montfaucon

Identity

Auvers-sous-Montfaucon (INSEE 72017) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC LBN Communauté. Population 231 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72017-auvers-sous-montfaucon

Vitality score

Vitality score 22/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 16,792 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.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 244 (2012) → 231 (2023): -5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 182 (1990) → 231 (2023): 26.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 98, of which 3.1 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chassillé): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brains-sur-Gée): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vallon-sur-Gée): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Loué): 6.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Auvers-sous-Montfaucon): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the EPINEU LE CHEVR weather station, 7.2 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 65 m. ^[13]

The village sits 57 m below 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ROUESSE-VASSE, 18.7 km away at 206 m, over 21 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 141 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at EPINEU LE CHEVR, 7.2 km away at 122 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72017/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72017/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72017/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72017/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72070
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72045
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72367
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72168
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72017
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024