Courgenard

Sarthe · CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise · INSEE 72105

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

Few services 27.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Courgenard (INSEE 72105) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise. Population 454 (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 27.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 17,939 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.52	10	5.2
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'EVASION GOURMANDE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (COURGENARD AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	L'EVASION GOURMANDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES ECOLIERS	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	COURGENARD 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 375 peak 2017: 495 2023: 454 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 484 (2012) → 454 (2023): -6.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 445 (1990) → 454 (2023): 2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 239, of which 7.5 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.4 km NWFood shop — 4.5 km SWGP — 6.7 km SEPharmacy — 6.8 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 (Cormes): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lamnay): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montmirail): 6.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montmirail): 6.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

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

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. ^[12]

Measured at the CORMES weather station, 3.7 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 139 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 13.7 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 775 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CORMES, 3.7 km away at 122 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 — 72105/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72105/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72105/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72105/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72093
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72156
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72208
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72105
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
Rahon	39	377 km E	444	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Crazannes	17	278 km SW	442	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Jean-de-Blaignac	33	377 km S	445	29	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %
Mantoche	70	367 km E	458	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Sewen	68	461 km E	480	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Navilly	71	357 km E	424	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Crazannes	17	278 km SW	442	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Navilly	71	357 km E	424	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 %
Mantoche	70	367 km E	458	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Rahon	39	377 km E	444	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-Blaignac	33	377 km S	445	29	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %
Sewen	68	461 km E	480	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · 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 Courgenard'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
Rahon	39	377 km E	444	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sewen	68	461 km E	480	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Lothain	39	397 km E	463	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Audes	03	233 km SE	402	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Montiéramey	10	265 km E	398	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Grozon	39	398 km E	386	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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