Champfleur

Sarthe · CU d'Alençon · INSEE 72056

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

Few services 27.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Champfleur (INSEE 72056) is in Sarthe (72), part of CU d'Alençon. Population 1,282 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72056-champfleur

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 12,809 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.65	10	6.48
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ESTAMINET). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE DE CHAMPFLEUR). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	1	L'ESTAMINET	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	MEDIATHEQUE DE CHAMPFLEUR	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / 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: 435 peak 2012: 1,407 2023: 1,282 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,407 (2012) → 1,282 (2023): -8.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,117 (1990) → 1,282 (2023): 14.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 570, of which 1.1 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.0 km NWBakery — 3.2 km WPharmacy — 3.2 km WGP — 4.0 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 (Arçonnay): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arçonnay): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Alençon): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Primary school (Champfleur): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.3

Days at or below 0 °C 60.1

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LA FRESNAYE weather station, 8.2 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 147 m. ^[11]

An average of 823 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ANCINNES, 4.1 km away at 179 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72056/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72056/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72056/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72056/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72006
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61001
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72056
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
Saint-Paul-en-Pareds	85	193 km SW	1,377	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 61 %
Gricourt	02	281 km NE	1,011	29.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Joué-l'Abbé	72	32 km S	1,267	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
Cornillé	35	112 km W	961	42.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 65 %
Poligné	35	146 km W	1,261	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 54 %
Beauregard-Vendon	63	351 km SE	1,328	27.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Joué-l'Abbé	72	32 km S	1,267	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
Cornillé	35	112 km W	961	42.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 65 %
Poligné	35	146 km W	1,261	39.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 54 %
Saint-Paul-en-Pareds	85	193 km SW	1,377	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 61 %
Gricourt	02	281 km NE	1,011	29.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Beauregard-Vendon	63	351 km SE	1,328	27.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 97 %

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