Cherré-Au

Sarthe · CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise · INSEE 72080

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

Partly served 55.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cherré-Au (INSEE 72080) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise. Population 2,758 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Cherreau (72081). ^[3]

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 55.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 80 % of the 7,661 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.7	20	14.09
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.94	10	9.41
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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. ^[4,5]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DE NEUVILLE · AU FOURNIL DE CHERRE). ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (PISSOT). ^[4,5]

1 × Supermarket (FIFERDIS). ^[4,5]

3 × Restaurant (ASIAN CORNER · O FEU D'BOIS · SAS LEGAY). ^[4,5]

2 × Café / bar. ^[5]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHERRE-AU AP). ^[4]

4 × Hairdresser (SANKA · ZOGANE COIFFURE). ^[4,5]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4,5]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL AKENA). ^[4,5]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	DE NEUVILLE · AU FOURNIL DE CHERRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	PISSOT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	1	FIFERDIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	3	ASIAN CORNER · O FEU D'BOIS · SAS LEGAY	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [4,5]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	CHERRE-AU 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	4	SANKA · ZOGANE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Hotel	1	HOTEL AKENA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 936 2023: 2,758 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,634 (2012) → 2,758 (2023): 4.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,914 (1990) → 2,758 (2023): 44.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,312, of which 2.7 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 1.1 km NGP — 1.4 km N 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 (Cherré-Au): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Cherré-Au): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Ferté-Bernard): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Ferté-Bernard): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cherré-Au): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the CORMES weather station, 4 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 94 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 11.8 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 775 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CORMES, 4 km away at 122 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72080/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72080/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72080/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72080/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72080
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
Blaye-les-Mines	81	475 km S	2,902	44	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Les Fins	25	464 km E	3,048	42.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 0 %
Arc-lès-Gray	70	376 km E	2,393	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Amarin	68	475 km E	2,173	53.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Vrigne aux Bois	08	353 km NE	3,518	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Pierres	28	82 km NE	2,788	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pierres	28	82 km NE	2,788	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Vrigne aux Bois	08	353 km NE	3,518	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Arc-lès-Gray	70	376 km E	2,393	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Les Fins	25	464 km E	3,048	42.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 0 %
Blaye-les-Mines	81	475 km S	2,902	44	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Amarin	68	475 km E	2,173	53.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · 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 Cherré-Au'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
Arc-lès-Gray	70	376 km E	2,393	50.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Vrigne aux Bois	08	353 km NE	3,518	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Pierres	28	82 km NE	2,788	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Hanches	28	87 km NE	2,696	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Carspach	68	493 km E	2,091	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Damelevières	54	425 km E	3,080	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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