La Chapelle-d'Aligné

Sarthe · CC du Pays Fléchois · INSEE 72061

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

Partly served 41.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chapelle-d'Aligné (INSEE 72061) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays Fléchois. Population 1,729 (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/72061-la-chapelle-d-aligne

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 10,566 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (L'ATELIER DES SENS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL PERE LOUIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LUCIE DOUILLARD, MÉDECIN · YANE MARVAKOV, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA CHAPELLE D ALIGNE AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LOOCK COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'ATELIER DES SENS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL PERE LOUIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DE L'ARGANCE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	LUCIE DOUILLARD, MÉDECIN · YANE MARVAKOV, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA CHAPELLE D ALIGNE 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	LOOCK COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,148 2023: 1,729 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,589 (2012) → 1,729 (2023): 8.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,098 (1990) → 1,729 (2023): 57.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 778, of which 1.4 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 7.0 km SE 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 (La Chapelle-d'Aligné): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Chapelle-d'Aligné): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Chapelle-d'Aligné): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bazouges Cré sur Loir): 7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Chapelle-d'Aligné): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.2

Days at or below 0 °C 40.2

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 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SABLE SUR SARTH weather station, 12.8 km away at 41 m; the village itself is at 52 m. ^[10]

An average of 751 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VILLAINES-SOUS-MALICORNE, 9.6 km away at 87 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 — 72061/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72061/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72061/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72061/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72061
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72025
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
Deyvillers	88	505 km E	1,379	37.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 53 %
Spycker	59	405 km NE	1,718	44.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 66 %
Le Drennec	29	320 km W	1,896	42	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 73 %
Louvigné-de-Bais	35	89 km NW	1,890	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville	76	210 km NE	1,515	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %
Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay	14	150 km N	1,362	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Louvigné-de-Bais	35	89 km NW	1,890	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 %
Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay	14	150 km N	1,362	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville	76	210 km NE	1,515	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %
Le Drennec	29	320 km W	1,896	42	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 73 %
Spycker	59	405 km NE	1,718	44.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 66 %
Deyvillers	88	505 km E	1,379	37.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 53 %

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Elsewhere

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