Cures
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 27.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Cures (INSEE 72111) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé. Population 489 (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 27.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 52 % of the 17,809 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 | 0.72 | 10 | 7.23 |
| Housing mix | 0.91 | 5 | 4.54 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), 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) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 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 ELEMENTAIRE 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 | 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
Population 515 (2012) → 489 (2023): -5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 400 (1990) → 489 (2023): 22.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 217, of which 4.6 % second homes and 6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cures): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Conlie): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Conlie): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Conlie): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Cures): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the EPINEU LE CHEVR weather station, 12.6 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 134 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ROUESSE-VASSE, 17 km away at 206 m, over 21 summers. [10]
That station sits 72 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 823 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at TENNIE, 3.4 km away at 103 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 — 72111/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72111/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72111/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72111/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 72111
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 72089
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreuil-sur-Brêche | 60 | 229 km NE | 497 | 28.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Maclou-la-Brière | 76 | 176 km N | 476 | 27.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 93 % |
| Chaourse | 02 | 343 km NE | 495 | 24.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Condamine | 01 | 475 km SE | 480 | 30.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 % |
| Espaubourg | 60 | 201 km NE | 507 | 30.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sommereux | 60 | 228 km NE | 481 | 30.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Maclou-la-Brière | 76 | 176 km N | 476 | 27.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 93 % |
| Espaubourg | 60 | 201 km NE | 507 | 30.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sommereux | 60 | 228 km NE | 481 | 30.9 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montreuil-sur-Brêche | 60 | 229 km NE | 497 | 28.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chaourse | 02 | 343 km NE | 495 | 24.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Condamine | 01 | 475 km SE | 480 | 30.6 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Cures'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Espaubourg | 60 | 201 km NE | 507 | 30.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Caisnes | 60 | 275 km NE | 518 | 30.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bazoches-et-Saint-Thibaut | 02 | 298 km NE | 516 | 28.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Venteuil | 51 | 303 km NE | 462 | 22.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Franvillers | 80 | 277 km NE | 558 | 26.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bergères-lès-Vertus | 51 | 308 km E | 596 | 26.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
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