Chérancé

Sarthe · CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles · INSEE 72078

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

Few services 22.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chérancé (INSEE 72078) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles. Population 353 (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 22.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 18,024 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	20	0
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.48	10	4.78
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.17

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JOSEPH VALLEE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MAURICE LOUTREUIL). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHERANCE LPAC AP). ^[4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JOSEPH VALLEE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MAURICE LOUTREUIL	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	CHERANCE LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 408 peak 1975: 423 2023: 353 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 383 (2012) → 353 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 361 (1990) → 353 (2023): -2.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 204, of which 8.3 % second homes and 13.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 6.1 km SBakery — 7.2 km NWGP — 7.4 km SWPharmacy — 7.6 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 (Fyé): 7.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vivoin): 6.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 7.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 7.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Chérancé): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14

Days at or below 0 °C 41.3

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC weather station, 6.2 km away at 85 m; the village itself is at 94 m. ^[12]

An average of 706 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC, 6.2 km away at 85 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72078/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72078/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72078/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72078/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72139
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72380
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72029
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72078
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
Ratenelle	71	414 km SE	363	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 77 %
Pierrepont	02	305 km NE	341	18.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 72 %
Val-de-Mercy	89	263 km E	363	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 65 %
Saint-Ambroix	18	210 km SE	374	19.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 68 %
Clairegoutte	70	485 km E	347	19.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 72 %
Laslades	65	563 km S	357	26.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 73 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Ambroix	18	210 km SE	374	19.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 68 %
Val-de-Mercy	89	263 km E	363	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 65 %
Pierrepont	02	305 km NE	341	18.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 72 %
Ratenelle	71	414 km SE	363	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 77 %
Clairegoutte	70	485 km E	347	19.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 72 %
Laslades	65	563 km S	357	26.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 73 %

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