Courcebœufs

Sarthe · CC Maine Coeur de Sarthe · INSEE 72099

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

Few services 30.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Courcebœufs (INSEE 72099) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Maine Coeur de Sarthe. Population 640 (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 30.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 16,807 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL JEROME ET AURELIE BRETON). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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)	1	SARL JEROME ET AURELIE BRETON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 532 2023: 640 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 620 (2012) → 640 (2023): 3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 390 (1990) → 640 (2023): 64.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 286, of which 4.9 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.5 km SEBakery — 3.7 km WGP — 5.7 km NWPharmacy — 5.7 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 (Souligné-sous-Ballon): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Courcebœufs): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ballon-Saint Mars): 5.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Beaufay): 5.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Courcebœufs): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.8

Days at or below 0 °C 58

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. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINT CORNEILLE weather station, 7.9 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 81 m. ^[12]

An average of 768 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAINT CORNEILLE, 7.9 km away at 62 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 — 72099/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72099/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72099/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72099/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72340
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72099
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72026
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
Saussenac	81	487 km S	632	30.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 100 %
Belmont	38	487 km SE	636	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 42 %
Saint-Bardoux	26	493 km SE	599	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 92 %
Manderen-Ritzing	57	474 km E	613	29.2	Few services	no figures
Quiers	77	205 km E	650	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 86 %
Bieujac	33	402 km S	654	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Quiers	77	205 km E	650	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 86 %
Bieujac	33	402 km S	654	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
Manderen-Ritzing	57	474 km E	613	29.2	Few services	no figures
Saussenac	81	487 km S	632	30.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 100 %
Belmont	38	487 km SE	636	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 42 %
Saint-Bardoux	26	493 km SE	599	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 92 %

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