Bouloire

Sarthe · CC Le Gesnois Bilurien · INSEE 72042

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

Partly served 54.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouloire (INSEE 72042) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Le Gesnois Bilurien. Population 2,127 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72042-bouloire

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)).

Better served than 81 % of the 9,185 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.66	10	6.63
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.45

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 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (OLSEV). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (FONTANA). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (SARL TB · LE MISTRAL · LE BOULDOU). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE REINITAS · LE BELGA). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE CASSIN). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ETIENNE CONVERSY, MÉDECIN · PATRICE HERMENAULT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BOULOIRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOULOIRE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

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

4 × Hairdresser (APPARENCE COIFFURE · CHEZ JUSTINE · LESPAGNOL). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Hotel.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	OLSEV	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	FONTANA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	SARL TB · LE MISTRAL · LE BOULDOU	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE REINITAS · LE BELGA	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE CASSIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ETIENNE CONVERSY, MÉDECIN · PATRICE HERMENAULT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE BOULOIRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BOULOIRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	APPARENCE COIFFURE · CHEZ JUSTINE · LESPAGNOL	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,532 2023: 2,127 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,081 (2012) → 2,127 (2023): 2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,829 (1990) → 2,127 (2023): 16.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,181, of which 5.5 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 0.5 km SEBakery — 0.6 km EFood shop — 0.6 km EPharmacy — 0.6 km E 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 (Bouloire): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bouloire): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bouloire): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bouloire): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bouloire): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.6

Days at or below 0 °C 36.2

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 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the TRESSON_SAPC weather station, 9.9 km away at 154 m; the village itself is at 131 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 11.8 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[9]

An average of 722 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BOULOIRE, 4.4 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Butcher (boucherie)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72042/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72042/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72042/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72042/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72042
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
Mansle-les-Fontaines	16	235 km S	2,088	62	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Mailly-le-Camp	10	281 km E	2,015	53.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 64 %
Coullons	45	151 km E	2,231	52.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-de-Vaux	01	373 km SE	2,204	71.1	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 64 %
Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave	82	436 km S	2,281	53.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Vendeuvre-sur-Barse	10	292 km E	2,225	56.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Coullons	45	151 km E	2,231	52.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Mansle-les-Fontaines	16	235 km S	2,088	62	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Mailly-le-Camp	10	281 km E	2,015	53.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 64 %
Vendeuvre-sur-Barse	10	292 km E	2,225	56.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-de-Vaux	01	373 km SE	2,204	71.1	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 64 %
Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave	82	436 km S	2,281	53.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Bouloire'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
Vibraye	72	17 km NE	2,523	58.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Grand-Fougeray	35	172 km W	2,584	66.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Charleval	27	167 km N	1,701	59.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Seilhac	19	303 km S	1,805	60.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Loiron-Ruillé	53	111 km W	2,758	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bréval	78	130 km NE	2,151	60.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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