La Bruère-sur-Loir

Sarthe · CC Sud Sarthe · INSEE 72049

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

Few services 35.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Bruère-sur-Loir (INSEE 72049) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Sud Sarthe. Population 250 (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 35.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 17,252 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.65	10	6.47
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.18

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA FORGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JACQUES JOURDAN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE GUY BAUDART). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), 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	1	LA FORGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JACQUES JOURDAN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE GUY BAUDART	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 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: 263 peak 2012: 270 2023: 250 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 270 (2012) → 250 (2023): -7.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 218 (1990) → 250 (2023): 14.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 143, of which 18.2 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km NWFood shop — 3.2 km NWGP — 3.2 km NWPharmacy — 3.2 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 (Vaas): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vaas): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vaas): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vaas): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Bruère-sur-Loir): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.8

Days at or below 0 °C 46.4

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE LUDE weather station, 15.5 km away at 58 m; the village itself is at 50 m. ^[10]

An average of 729 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTABON, 5 km away at 49 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 — 72049/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72049/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72049/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72049/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72364
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72049
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
Couteuges	43	365 km SE	286	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 68 %
Saint-Bouize	18	195 km E	253	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Bugarach	11	554 km S	250	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 74 %
Volnay	21	342 km E	224	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Bidon	07	488 km SE	254	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 21 % · winter 88 %
Rauwiller	67	517 km E	232	42	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 80 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Bouize	18	195 km E	253	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Volnay	21	342 km E	224	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Couteuges	43	365 km SE	286	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 68 %
Bidon	07	488 km SE	254	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 21 % · winter 88 %
Rauwiller	67	517 km E	232	42	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 80 %
Bugarach	11	554 km S	250	44.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 74 %

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