La Chapelle-Saint-Fray

Sarthe · CC de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé · INSEE 72066

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

Few services 31.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chapelle-Saint-Fray (INSEE 72066) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé. Population 421 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72066-la-chapelle-saint-fray

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 17,948 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.78	10	7.76
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (ST FRAY). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LA CHAPELLE ST FRAY). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LA CHAPELLE ST FRAY). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (CHARLINE DANS L'HAIR · BIEN-ETRE EN TETE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	ST FRAY	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LA CHAPELLE ST FRAY	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 LA CHAPELLE ST FRAY	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	2	CHARLINE DANS L'HAIR · BIEN-ETRE EN TETE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 238 peak 2012: 453 2023: 421 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 453 (2012) → 421 (2023): -7.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 330 (1990) → 421 (2023): 27.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 183, of which 4.9 % second homes and 1.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.9 km WGP — 5.5 km EPharmacy — 5.6 km EFood shop — 6.0 km E 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 (Domfront-en-Champagne): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Bazoge): 6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Bazoge): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Bazoge): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Chapelle-Saint-Fray): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.4

Days at or below 0 °C 47.9

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 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ROUILLON weather station, 12.2 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 130 m. ^[11]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT MARCEAU, 7.9 km away at 55 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 — 72066/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72066/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72066/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72066/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72119
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72024
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72066
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
Le Thieulin	28	85 km NE	423	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %
Colombier	70	459 km E	434	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Lempty	63	354 km SE	417	34	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 72 %
Combre	42	392 km SE	411	34	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 80 %
Encausse	32	496 km S	445	34	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 91 %
Soulangis	18	209 km SE	454	28.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Thieulin	28	85 km NE	423	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 89 %
Soulangis	18	209 km SE	454	28.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 %
Lempty	63	354 km SE	417	34	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 72 %
Combre	42	392 km SE	411	34	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 80 %
Colombier	70	459 km E	434	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 97 %
Encausse	32	496 km S	445	34	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 91 %

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Elsewhere

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