Le Bailleul

Sarthe · CC du Pays Sabolien · INSEE 72022

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

Few services 39.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Bailleul (INSEE 72022) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays Sabolien. Population 1,217 (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/72022-le-bailleul

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 13,112 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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) (TRION). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (S. A. DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (REF INTERNE 848924 · BAR LE PHOENIX). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (RESEAU DES MEDIATHEQUES DU PAYS SABOLIEN ESPACE CYBÈLE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (CREA'STYL). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	TRION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	S. A. DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	REF INTERNE 848924 · BAR LE PHOENIX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE OLYMPE DE GOUGES	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	LE BAILLEUL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	RESEAU DES MEDIATHEQUES DU PAYS SABOLIEN ESPACE CYBÈLE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	CREA'STYL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 810 peak 2012: 1,237 2023: 1,217 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,237 (2012) → 1,217 (2023): -1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 787 (1990) → 1,217 (2023): 54.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 548, of which 4.7 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.5 km EPharmacy — 8.8 km N 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 (Le Bailleul): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Bailleul): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Villaines-sous-Malicorne): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Parcé-sur-Sarthe): 8.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Bailleul): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.2

Days at or below 0 °C 40.2

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 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, 13.2 km away at 41 m; the village itself is at 54 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LUCHE-PRINGE, 19.7 km away at 92 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 751 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VILLAINES-SOUS-MALICORNE, 4.7 km away at 87 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 — 72022/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72022/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72022/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72022/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72022
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72377
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72228
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
La Coucourde	26	515 km SE	1,240	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Parigné	35	106 km NW	1,286	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Requeil	72	24 km E	1,108	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Courlon-sur-Yonne	89	255 km E	1,183	36.9	Few services	no figures
Margès	26	493 km SE	1,067	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Abbévillers	25	532 km E	1,071	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Requeil	72	24 km E	1,108	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Parigné	35	106 km NW	1,286	39.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Courlon-sur-Yonne	89	255 km E	1,183	36.9	Few services	no figures
Margès	26	493 km SE	1,067	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
La Coucourde	26	515 km SE	1,240	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Abbévillers	25	532 km E	1,071	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Le Bailleul'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
Requeil	72	24 km E	1,108	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Fresnes-sur-Marne	77	251 km NE	948	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Salins	77	247 km E	1,165	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Augustin-des-Bois	49	59 km SW	1,295	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Autheuil-Authouillet	27	182 km NE	941	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Villeperdue	37	87 km SE	1,126	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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