La Chapelle-Saint-Rémy

Sarthe · CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise · INSEE 72067

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

Partly served 40/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chapelle-Saint-Rémy (INSEE 72067) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise. Population 995 (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 40/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 14,364 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.95	10	9.46
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE ATTITUDE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HENRI MATISSE	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	1	LA CHAPELLE SAINT REMY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE POINT LECTURE	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	COIFFURE ATTITUDE	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: 730 2023: 995 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 914 (2012) → 995 (2023): 8.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 688 (1990) → 995 (2023): 44.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 454, of which 5.1 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.1 km SWPharmacy — 4.3 km SW 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-Saint-Rémy): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Chapelle-Saint-Rémy): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lombron): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Lombron): 4.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Chapelle-Saint-Rémy): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.8

Days at or below 0 °C 58

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINT CORNEILLE weather station, 8.8 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 90 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 10.6 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BONNETABLE, 7.6 km away at 106 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 — 72067/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72067/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72067/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72067/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72067
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72165
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
Conquereuil	44	173 km W	1,061	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 72 %
Raon-aux-Bois	88	451 km E	1,202	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Abilly	37	131 km S	1,116	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-Glain	44	135 km SW	809	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 78 %
Arthon	36	183 km SE	1,215	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Boisset-Saint-Priest	42	400 km SE	1,298	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Abilly	37	131 km S	1,116	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-Glain	44	135 km SW	809	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 78 %
Conquereuil	44	173 km W	1,061	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 72 %
Arthon	36	183 km SE	1,215	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Boisset-Saint-Priest	42	400 km SE	1,298	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 0 %
Raon-aux-Bois	88	451 km E	1,202	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Saint-Rémy'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
Arthon	36	183 km SE	1,215	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Farges-en-Septaine	18	201 km SE	1,023	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Thiel-sur-Acolin	03	294 km SE	1,027	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lussat	63	328 km SE	949	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Josnes	41	87 km SE	878	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Nevoy	45	164 km E	1,163	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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