Beaumont-Pied-de-Bœuf

Sarthe · CC Loir-Lucé-Bercé · INSEE 72028

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 28.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beaumont-Pied-de-Bœuf (INSEE 72028) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Loir-Lucé-Bercé. Population 472 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 28.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 17,917 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.6	10	6
Housing mix	0.56	5	2.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU CHEVAL BLANC). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BEAUMONT PIED DE BOEUF AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DU CHEVAL BLANC). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	AUBERGE DU CHEVAL BLANC	INSEE BPE 1 / 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 ELEMENTAIRE 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	BEAUMONT PIED DE BOEUF AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	AUBERGE DU CHEVAL BLANC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 627 2023: 472 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 488 (2012) → 472 (2023): -3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 429 (1990) → 472 (2023): 10 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 273, of which 22 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.6 km NBakery — 7.4 km SGP — 7.9 km SPharmacy — 9.5 km W 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 (Montval-sur-Loir): 7.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Jupilles): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montval-sur-Loir): 7.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mayet): 9.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Beaumont-Pied-de-Bœuf): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.6

Days at or below 0 °C 48.3

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 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the JUPILLES weather station, 4.3 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 107 m. ^[12]

An average of 789 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at JUPILLES, 4.3 km away at 148 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72028/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72028/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72028/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72028/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72071
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72153
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72191
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72028
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
Saint-Dizant-du-Gua	17	272 km S	499	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 84 %
Millac	86	176 km S	462	25.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 %
Ventavon	05	568 km SE	540	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 26 %
Lunac	12	414 km S	435	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 65 %
Châteauvieux	41	94 km SE	514	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 84 %
Dontreix	23	256 km SE	400	29.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 62 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Châteauvieux	41	94 km SE	514	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 84 %
Millac	86	176 km S	462	25.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 %
Dontreix	23	256 km SE	400	29.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 62 %
Saint-Dizant-du-Gua	17	272 km S	499	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 84 %
Lunac	12	414 km S	435	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 65 %
Ventavon	05	568 km SE	540	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 26 %

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