Bérus

Sarthe · CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles · INSEE 72034

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

Few services 21.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bérus (INSEE 72034) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles. Population 435 (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/72034-berus

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 17,955 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.71	10	7.08
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DE LA ROUTE D'OR). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bank.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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)	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	LE RELAIS DE LA ROUTE D'OR	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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 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: 196 peak 2017: 447 2023: 435 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 444 (2012) → 435 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 360 (1990) → 435 (2023): 20.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 199, of which 2 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.0 km SWBakery — 3.5 km NEFood shop — 3.5 km SWPharmacy — 3.6 km NEGP — 5.0 km NE 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 (Arçonnay): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gesnes-le-Gandelin): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Alençon): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Arçonnay): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Gesnes-le-Gandelin): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.3

Days at or below 0 °C 46.1

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC weather station, 8.7 km away at 85 m; the village itself is at 164 m. ^[11]

The village sits 79 m above 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. ^[11]

An average of 706 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC, 8.7 km away at 85 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 — 72034/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72034/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72034/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72034/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72006
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72141
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61001
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
Potelle	59	334 km NE	439	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Mesnil-Saint-Laurent	02	290 km NE	435	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 100 %
Bouillancy	60	226 km E	429	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 95 %
Varennes-sur-Morge	63	360 km SE	429	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 78 %
Caubiac	31	524 km S	441	24.8	Few services	no figures
Épreville-près-le-Neubourg	27	104 km NE	438	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Épreville-près-le-Neubourg	27	104 km NE	438	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %
Bouillancy	60	226 km E	429	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 95 %
Mesnil-Saint-Laurent	02	290 km NE	435	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 100 %
Potelle	59	334 km NE	439	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Varennes-sur-Morge	63	360 km SE	429	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 78 %
Caubiac	31	524 km S	441	24.8	Few services	no figures

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