Bousse

Sarthe · CC du Pays Fléchois · INSEE 72044

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

Few services 21.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bousse (INSEE 72044) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays Fléchois. Population 431 (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 21.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 17,920 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.63	10	6.28
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.37

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 407 peak 2017: 443 2023: 431 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 434 (2012) → 431 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 382 (1990) → 431 (2023): 12.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 205, of which 6.3 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km NWGP — 3.3 km WFood shop — 5.2 km NPharmacy — 7.2 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 (Arthezé): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Malicorne-sur-Sarthe): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villaines-sous-Malicorne): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Mézeray): 7.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Bousse): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.8

Days at or below 0 °C 30.6

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the LUCHE-PRINGE weather station, 12.6 km away at 92 m; the village itself is at 71 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at LUCHE-PRINGE, 12.6 km away at 92 m, over 21 summers. ^[13]

An average of 751 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at VILLAINES-SOUS-MALICORNE, 4.6 km away at 87 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72044/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72044/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72044/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72044/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72009
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72179
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72377
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72195
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72044
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
Camelin	02	305 km NE	426	21	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-la-Poterie	60	239 km NE	439	20.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Miribel-Lanchâtre	38	535 km SE	445	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Bénisson-Dieu	42	360 km SE	429	21.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Césarches	73	544 km SE	441	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Haimps	17	212 km S	448	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Haimps	17	212 km S	448	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Germain-la-Poterie	60	239 km NE	439	20.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Camelin	02	305 km NE	426	21	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Bénisson-Dieu	42	360 km SE	429	21.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Miribel-Lanchâtre	38	535 km SE	445	26.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Césarches	73	544 km SE	441	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 34 % · 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 Bousse'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
Montagny-Sainte-Félicité	60	256 km NE	425	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Cléré-sur-Layon	49	80 km S	348	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Illiers-le-Bois	78	176 km NE	449	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Tigeaux	77	248 km NE	421	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Tallud-Sainte-Gemme	85	136 km SW	453	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Macaire-du-Bois	49	75 km S	439	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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