Avoise

Sarthe · CC du Pays Sabolien · INSEE 72021

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

Few services 28.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Avoise (INSEE 72021) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays Sabolien. Population 594 (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 28.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 17,116 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	0.7	10	7
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA GUINGUETTE). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LA GUINGUETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	AVOISE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 566 peak 2017: 612 2023: 594 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 568 (2012) → 594 (2023): 4.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 495 (1990) → 594 (2023): 20 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 349, of which 11.5 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 0.6 km SEGP — 2.5 km SPharmacy — 2.5 km SBakery — 2.6 km S 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 (Parcé-sur-Sarthe): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Avoise): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Parcé-sur-Sarthe): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Parcé-sur-Sarthe): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Avoise): 0.6 km to the south-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. ^[10]

Measured at the SABLE SUR SARTH weather station, 7.8 km away at 41 m; the village itself is at 33 m. ^[10]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SABLE SUR SARTH, 7.8 km away at 41 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 — 72021/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72021/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72021/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72021/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72228
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72021
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
Lamontgie	63	379 km SE	643	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 51 %
Cassagne	31	536 km S	641	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 77 %
Tribehou	50	168 km NW	525	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 76 %
Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme	81	514 km SE	538	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 73 %
Champagnolles	17	264 km S	687	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 95 %
Brion	36	177 km SE	582	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tribehou	50	168 km NW	525	26.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 76 %
Brion	36	177 km SE	582	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Champagnolles	17	264 km S	687	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 95 %
Lamontgie	63	379 km SE	643	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 51 %
Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme	81	514 km SE	538	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 73 %
Cassagne	31	536 km S	641	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 77 %

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Elsewhere

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