Boëssé-le-Sec

Sarthe · CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise · INSEE 72038

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

Few services 27.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boëssé-le-Sec (INSEE 72038) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise. Population 515 (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 27.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 17,741 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	0.37	10	3.73
Housing mix	0.8	5	4

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

1 × Restaurant (LE CENTRAL). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOESSE LE SEC RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

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

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	LE CENTRAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES PREVERT	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	BOESSE LE SEC RP	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	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: 664 peak 1975: 726 2023: 515 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 621 (2012) → 515 (2023): -17.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 590 (1990) → 515 (2023): -12.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 289, of which 10 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.9 km EBakery — 4.1 km SWGP — 8.1 km NEPharmacy — 8.3 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 (Tuffé Val de la Chéronne): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villaines-la-Gonais): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Ferté-Bernard): 8.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Ferté-Bernard): 8.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Boëssé-le-Sec): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.9

Days at or below 0 °C 40.9

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LE LUART weather station, 6.9 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 107 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 6.9 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 738 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE LUART-BARRE, 5.8 km away at 90 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 — 72038/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72038/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72038/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72038/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72363
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72375
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72132
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72038
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-Georges	47	412 km S	492	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Secondin	86	201 km S	531	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Coatréven	22	297 km W	489	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Jouhet	86	184 km S	502	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Villabon	18	196 km SE	559	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Clermont	74	471 km SE	474	35	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Jouhet	86	184 km S	502	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Villabon	18	196 km SE	559	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Secondin	86	201 km S	531	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 %
Coatréven	22	297 km W	489	31.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges	47	412 km S	492	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 %
Clermont	74	471 km SE	474	35	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Boëssé-le-Sec'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
Villabon	18	196 km SE	559	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Beuxes	86	119 km S	559	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Beauzire	43	379 km SE	457	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Champigny-en-Beauce	41	70 km SE	594	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Gyé-sur-Seine	10	287 km E	463	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Pageas	87	275 km S	644	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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