Bourg-le-Roi

Sarthe · CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles · INSEE 72043

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

Few services 29.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bourg-le-Roi (INSEE 72043) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles. Population 325 (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 29.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,997 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.51	10	5.06
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AU P'TIT COCHON). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (L'OLIVIER · AU PETIT BISTROT). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOURG LE ROI AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)	1	AU P'TIT COCHON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	L'OLIVIER · AU PETIT BISTROT	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	BOURG LE ROI AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 332 2023: 325 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 317 (2012) → 325 (2023): 2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 323 (1990) → 325 (2023): 0.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 184, of which 2.2 % second homes and 15.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 3.5 km WBakery — 3.7 km SWGP — 4.7 km SWPharmacy — 6.7 km NW 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 (Fyé): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bourg-le-Roi): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fyé): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Arçonnay): 6.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Oisseau-le-Petit): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14

Days at or below 0 °C 41.3

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 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC weather station, 5.7 km away at 85 m; the village itself is at 112 m. ^[12]

An average of 823 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ANCINNES, 4.2 km away at 179 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 — 72043/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72043/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72043/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72043/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72139
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72043
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72006
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72225
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
Montigny-en-Arrouaise	02	299 km NE	317	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 80 %
Belval	50	134 km NW	333	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 66 %
Brassempouy	40	528 km S	279	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 97 %
Cahuzac	81	562 km S	356	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 86 %
Caucalières	81	562 km S	286	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 66 %
Nampcel	60	251 km NE	293	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Belval	50	134 km NW	333	38.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 66 %
Nampcel	60	251 km NE	293	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 85 %
Montigny-en-Arrouaise	02	299 km NE	317	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 80 %
Brassempouy	40	528 km S	279	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 97 %
Caucalières	81	562 km S	286	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 66 %
Cahuzac	81	562 km S	356	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 86 %

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