La Chapelle-du-Bois

Sarthe · CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise · INSEE 72062

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

Few services 36.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chapelle-du-Bois (INSEE 72062) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise. Population 768 (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 36.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 15,882 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.69	10	6.94
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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) (BOULANGERIE BARRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'ARDOISE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFF & VOUS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	1	BOULANGERIE BARRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	L'ARDOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GUTENBERG	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	1	COIFF & VOUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 587 peak 2012: 892 2023: 768 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 892 (2012) → 768 (2023): -13.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 643 (1990) → 768 (2023): 19.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 391, of which 4.3 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 5.3 km SEPharmacy — 5.3 km SEFood shop — 5.8 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-du-Bois): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Ferté-Bernard): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Ferté-Bernard): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Ferté-Bernard): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Chapelle-du-Bois): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.6

Days at or below 0 °C 58.3

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CORMES weather station, 9.9 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 159 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 16.2 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 775 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CORMES, 9.9 km away at 122 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 — 72062/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72062/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72062/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72062/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72062
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72132
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
La Brosse-Montceaux	77	180 km E	776	37.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Fontet	33	410 km S	746	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Moissieu-sur-Dolon	38	460 km SE	747	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Denney	90	475 km E	763	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Sarraltroff	57	480 km E	789	34.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Ornacieux-Balbins	38	471 km SE	876	42.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Brosse-Montceaux	77	180 km E	776	37.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Fontet	33	410 km S	746	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Moissieu-sur-Dolon	38	460 km SE	747	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Ornacieux-Balbins	38	471 km SE	876	42.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Denney	90	475 km E	763	39.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Sarraltroff	57	480 km E	789	34.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · 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 La Chapelle-du-Bois'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
Mazeray	17	272 km S	991	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
La Ferrière-en-Parthenay	79	181 km S	774	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Anne-sur-Gervonde	38	465 km SE	759	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Forgeux-Lespinasse	42	344 km SE	590	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Chaussée-sur-Marne	51	297 km E	758	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Prunay-en-Yvelines	78	95 km E	808	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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