Bonnétable

Sarthe · CC Maine Saosnois · INSEE 72039

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

Partly served 50.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bonnétable (INSEE 72039) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Maine Saosnois. Population 3,703 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 50.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 6,005 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	0.46	25	11.51
Social	0.65	20	13.05
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.46	10	4.61
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.45	10	4.5
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES ASSOCIES DU PAIN · LA DELICIEUSE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

3 × Supermarket (BONNEDIS · LIDL · COCCIMARKET). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (OH DELICE DU SOLEIL · PRESTO PIZZA · O'REGAL DU KEBAB). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CHEZ CHOCO · L'ENTRACTE · LE FANZY). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CATHERINE PAYSAN · ECOLE DU SACRE COEUR DDEC). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LA FORESTERIE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-YVES CARO, MÉDECIN · JEAN-ERIC LERIVEREND, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BERNARD LERIVEREND · SELARL PHARMACIE DE L AVENIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (PÔLE-LECTURE DE BONNETABLE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE BONNETABLE · AGENCE DE BONNETABLE · CREDIT MUTUEL). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (L'HAIR NATUREL · NADIA COIFFURE · L'ATELIER DU CHEVEU). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	LES ASSOCIES DU PAIN · LA DELICIEUSE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	3	BONNEDIS · LIDL · COCCIMARKET	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	OH DELICE DU SOLEIL · PRESTO PIZZA · O'REGAL DU KEBAB	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	CHEZ CHOCO · L'ENTRACTE · LE FANZY	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CATHERINE PAYSAN · ECOLE DU SACRE COEUR DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LA FORESTERIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	JEAN-YVES CARO, MÉDECIN · JEAN-ERIC LERIVEREND, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE BERNARD LERIVEREND · SELARL PHARMACIE DE L AVENIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	PÔLE-LECTURE DE BONNETABLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE BONNETABLE · AGENCE DE BONNETABLE · CREDIT MUTUEL	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	5	L'HAIR NATUREL · NADIA COIFFURE · L'ATELIER DU CHEVEU	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 3,505 peak 2007: 4,143 2023: 3,703 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,950 (2012) → 3,703 (2023): -6.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,899 (1990) → 3,703 (2023): -5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,193, of which 4.5 % second homes and 14 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.5 km NPharmacy — 0.5 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 (Bonnétable): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bonnétable): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bonnétable): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bonnétable): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bonnétable): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.3

Days at or below 0 °C 49.5

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MAROLLES LES BR weather station, 9.9 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 101 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 16.4 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[9]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BONNETABLE, 0.2 km away at 106 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72039/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72039/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72039/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72039/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72039
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-Héand	42	420 km SE	3,665	41.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Bouxwiller	67	525 km E	3,754	49.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Montalieu-Vercieu	38	460 km SE	3,510	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 89 %
Noyal-Pontivy	56	246 km W	3,606	49.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Échillais	17	274 km SW	3,765	45.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 %
Derval	44	166 km W	3,601	46.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Derval	44	166 km W	3,601	46.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Noyal-Pontivy	56	246 km W	3,606	49.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Échillais	17	274 km SW	3,765	45.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Héand	42	420 km SE	3,665	41.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Montalieu-Vercieu	38	460 km SE	3,510	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 89 %
Bouxwiller	67	525 km E	3,754	49.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · 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 Bonnétable'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
Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold	57	468 km E	3,572	50.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Auneuil	60	176 km NE	2,898	55	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Pélussin	42	446 km SE	3,727	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Sarre-Union	67	498 km E	2,731	71.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Dieuze	57	469 km E	2,770	71.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin	18	188 km SE	3,681	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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