Doucelles

Sarthe · CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles · INSEE 72120

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 14.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Doucelles (INSEE 72120) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles. Population 223 (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 14.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 16,607 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.85	10	8.52
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.01

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 209 peak 2012: 254 2023: 223 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 254 (2012) → 223 (2023): -12.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 165 (1990) → 223 (2023): 35.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 101, of which 9.9 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 2.6 km SWPrimary school — 2.7 km SGP — 4.1 km SWPharmacy — 4.4 km SWBakery — 4.5 km SW 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 (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vivoin): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vivoin): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14

Days at or below 0 °C 41.3

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC weather station, 7.6 km away at 85 m; the village itself is at 85 m. ^[10]

An average of 706 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC, 7.6 km away at 85 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 — 72120/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72120/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72120/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72120/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72029
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72380
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
La Loge	62	275 km NE	224	13.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 89 %
Jaulny	54	428 km E	220	14.2	No daily shops	no figures
Vulaines	10	255 km E	226	13	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 70 %
Brion	86	213 km S	224	12.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 99 %
Érin	62	284 km NE	221	15.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 80 %
Saint-Ouen-sous-Bailly	76	201 km NE	221	15.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 76 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Ouen-sous-Bailly	76	201 km NE	221	15.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 76 %
Brion	86	213 km S	224	12.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 99 %
Vulaines	10	255 km E	226	13	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 70 %
La Loge	62	275 km NE	224	13.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 89 %
Érin	62	284 km NE	221	15.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 80 %
Jaulny	54	428 km E	220	14.2	No daily shops	no figures

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