Bouër

Sarthe · CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise · INSEE 72041

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

Few services 24.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouër (INSEE 72041) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise. Population 350 (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 24.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 18,079 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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.6

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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (AUX DELICES GOURMANDS). ^[3,4]

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	AUX DELICES GOURMANDS	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	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: 239 2023: 350 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 334 (2012) → 350 (2023): 4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 185 (1990) → 350 (2023): 89.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 150, of which 4 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 1.7 km NEGP — 1.8 km NEFood shop — 2.4 km NEBakery — 5.9 km SWPharmacy — 6.0 km SW 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 (Dollon): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Maixent): 2.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Maixent): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Dollon): 6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Maixent): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the LE LUART weather station, 3.1 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 120 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 3.1 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 738 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE LUART-BARRE, 1.9 km away at 90 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72041/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72041/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72041/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72041/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72118
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72296
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
Nicorps	50	184 km NW	354	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Corbeil-Cerf	60	172 km NE	357	23.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Tabre	09	574 km S	351	16.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Guntzviller	57	487 km E	353	19.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Malroy	57	428 km E	353	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lapeyrouse	01	404 km SE	348	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Corbeil-Cerf	60	172 km NE	357	23.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Nicorps	50	184 km NW	354	21.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Lapeyrouse	01	404 km SE	348	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Malroy	57	428 km E	353	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Guntzviller	57	487 km E	353	19.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Tabre	09	574 km S	351	16.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Bouër'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
Malroy	57	428 km E	353	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Colombiers	61	61 km NW	336	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Rouvroy-sur-Marne	52	336 km E	371	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Altwiller	67	477 km E	373	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Suzay	27	147 km NE	343	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Val-d'Auzon	10	280 km E	356	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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