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Degré

Sarthe · CC de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé · INSEE 72113

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

Few services 24/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Degré (INSEE 72113) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé. Population 751 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72113-degre

Vitality score

Vitality score 24/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 16,023 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.76107.64
Housing mix0.9754.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LIRE À DEGRÉ). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE LIRE À DEGRÉINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 365 peak 2017: 784 2023: 751 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 778 (2012) → 751 (2023): -3.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 594 (1990) → 751 (2023): 26.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 311, of which 1.3 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 2.8 km S (Chaufour-Notre-Dame)GP — 2.8 km S (Chaufour-Notre-Dame)Food shop — 5.2 km E (La Milesse)Pharmacy — 5.3 km E (La Milesse)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.8 km SGP — 2.8 km SFood shop — 5.2 km EPharmacy — 5.3 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 (Chaufour-Notre-Dame): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (La Milesse): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Chaufour-Notre-Dame): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (La Milesse): 5.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Degré): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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. [11]

Measured at the ROUILLON weather station, 6.9 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 90 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 14.9 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 782 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ROUILLON, 6.9 km away at 90 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72113/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72113/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72113/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72113/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72073
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72198
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72113
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Allonville80269 km NE77826.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villeroy77225 km NE71125.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Noyelles-sur-Escaut59325 km NE81623.7Few servicesno figures
Saint-Vital73545 km SE76726.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vincent-Cramesnil76163 km N68926.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Morthomiers18201 km SE84526Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Vincent-Cramesnil76163 km N68926.6Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Morthomiers18201 km SE84526Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Villeroy77225 km NE71125.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Allonville80269 km NE77826.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Noyelles-sur-Escaut59325 km NE81623.7Few servicesno figures
Saint-Vital73545 km SE76726.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · 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 Degré'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Allonville80269 km NE77826.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Villeroy77225 km NE71125.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Pimprez60267 km NE84824.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mont-Saint-Adrien60210 km NE65225.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Sacy-le-Petit60238 km NE63824.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Jambville78172 km NE79324.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %