Coulans-sur-Gée

Sarthe · CC LBN Communauté · INSEE 72096

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

Partly served 40.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Coulans-sur-Gée (INSEE 72096) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC LBN Communauté. Population 1,605 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 40.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 11,142 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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 DANIEL VANNIER). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Café / bar (LE CAFE IN). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JACQUES BOURDA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA GEE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (COULANS SUR GEE AP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (STYL'ISABELLE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DANIEL VANNIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	INTERMARCHE	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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LE CAFE IN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	JACQUES BOURDA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA GEE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	COULANS SUR GEE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	STYL'ISABELLE	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: 903 peak 2012: 1,668 2023: 1,605 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,668 (2012) → 1,605 (2023): -3.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,069 (1990) → 1,605 (2023): 50.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 662, of which 1.4 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 9.1 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 (Coulans-sur-Gée): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Coulans-sur-Gée): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Coulans-sur-Gée): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Étival-lès-le-Mans): 9.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Coulans-sur-Gée): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.4

Days at or below 0 °C 47.9

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ROUILLON weather station, 9.3 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 97 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 16 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SOULIGNE FLACE, 6.2 km away at 64 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 — 72096/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72096/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72096/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72096/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72096
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72127
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
Châtel-sur-Moselle	88	474 km E	1,723	50.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Crépy	02	311 km NE	1,812	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Messei	61	87 km NW	1,827	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Viesly	59	346 km NE	1,364	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Damery	51	308 km NE	1,322	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Coubert	77	211 km E	2,005	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Messei	61	87 km NW	1,827	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Coubert	77	211 km E	2,005	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Damery	51	308 km NE	1,322	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Crépy	02	311 km NE	1,812	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Viesly	59	346 km NE	1,364	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Châtel-sur-Moselle	88	474 km E	1,723	50.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · 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 Coulans-sur-Gée'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
Crépy	02	311 km NE	1,812	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Messei	61	87 km NW	1,827	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Viesly	59	346 km NE	1,364	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Damery	51	308 km NE	1,322	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Tracy-le-Mont	60	273 km NE	1,686	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ressons-sur-Matz	60	262 km NE	1,727	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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