Changé

Sarthe · CC du Sud Est Manceau · INSEE 72058

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

Partly served 47.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Changé (INSEE 72058) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Sud Est Manceau. Population 6,911 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/72058-change

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 3,478 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	0.2	25	5.12
Social	0.61	20	12.2
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.46	10	4.61
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE JACQUIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (RAPID MARKET 72). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · CHANDIS). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (LA BLANCHARDIERE · SAVEUR JASMIN · RESTAURANT AU BOIS MARTIN · LE GOURMET ANTILLAIS · FLUNCH). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE DRIVER · LE BYBLOS). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DE L'AUNEAU). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DE L'EPAU). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JACQUES PELETIER). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DANIELE GRONDEIN, MÉDECIN · MARJAN EBADI, MÉDECIN · KOUIDER HADJERES, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU GRAND PIN · PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DU COSEC · COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE BRETAGNE - PAYS DE LOIRE). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (INSTINC'TIF · MT CHANGE · S'COIFF). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (DOMAINE DE LA BLANCHARDIÈRE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). ^[4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE JACQUIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	RAPID MARKET 72	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	LIDL · CHANDIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	7	LA BLANCHARDIERE · SAVEUR JASMIN · RESTAURANT AU BOIS MARTIN · LE GOURMET ANTILLAIS · FLUNCH	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE DRIVER · LE BYBLOS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE DE L'AUNEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE DE L'EPAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JACQUES PELETIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	DANIELE GRONDEIN, MÉDECIN · MARJAN EBADI, MÉDECIN · KOUIDER HADJERES, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE DU GRAND PIN · PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	GYMNASE DU COSEC · COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE BRETAGNE - PAYS DE LOIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	7	INSTINC'TIF · MT CHANGE · S'COIFF	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	DOMAINE DE LA BLANCHARDIÈRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 2,989 2023: 6,911 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 6,340 (2012) → 6,911 (2023): 9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 4,428 (1990) → 6,911 (2023): 56.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,022, of which 1.8 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Changé): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Changé): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Changé): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Changé): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Changé): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.5

Days at or below 0 °C 37.5

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LE MANS weather station, 7.9 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 62 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 7.9 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 701 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LE MANS, 7.9 km away at 51 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72058/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72058/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72058/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72058/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72058
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
Lésigny	77	192 km NE	6,923	50	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Meyreuil	13	643 km SE	6,747	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Manduel	30	566 km SE	7,044	49	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 %
Caudan	56	271 km W	7,206	56.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Laneuveville-devant-Nancy	54	446 km E	6,630	50.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Montoir-de-Bretagne	44	196 km W	7,282	51.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lésigny	77	192 km NE	6,923	50	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Montoir-de-Bretagne	44	196 km W	7,282	51.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Caudan	56	271 km W	7,206	56.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Laneuveville-devant-Nancy	54	446 km E	6,630	50.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Manduel	30	566 km SE	7,044	49	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 %
Meyreuil	13	643 km SE	6,747	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Changé'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
Rosny-sur-Seine	78	150 km NE	7,328	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Marange-Silvange	57	450 km E	6,539	51.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Montreuil-Juigné	49	84 km SW	7,808	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Buc	78	162 km NE	5,816	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Beaucouzé	49	89 km SW	5,732	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Souffelweyersheim	67	556 km E	8,239	55.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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