Val-d'Étangson

Sarthe · CC des Vallées de la Braye et de l'Anille · INSEE 72128

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

Few services 20.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Val-d'Étangson (INSEE 72128) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC des Vallées de la Braye et de l'Anille. Population 530 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Sainte-Osmane (72304). ^[3]

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 20.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 17,639 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.58	10	5.82
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (EMPREINTE GOURMANDE). ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (EVAILLE RP). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (DANS L'HAIR DU TEMPS). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	EMPREINTE GOURMANDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	EVAILLE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	DANS L'HAIR DU TEMPS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 826 2023: 530 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 557 (2012) → 530 (2023): -4.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 490 (1990) → 530 (2023): 8.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 351, of which 15.7 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 3.4 km SEFood shop — 4.2 km WPrimary school — 4.2 km WPharmacy — 4.3 km WGP — 8.7 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 (Sainte-Cérotte): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Tresson): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Saint-Calais): 8.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Tresson): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Tresson): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 43.7

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINTE CEROTTE weather station, 4.4 km away at 157 m; the village itself is at 128 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 19.8 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 738 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAINTE CEROTTE, 4.4 km away at 157 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 — 72128/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72128/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72128/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72128/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72272
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72361
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72269
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
Parnac	36	172 km S	509	18.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Minzac	24	329 km S	495	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 %
Le Breuil	03	298 km SE	524	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Coulouvray-Boisbenâtre	50	162 km NW	531	25	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Selve	12	446 km S	562	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Front-sur-Lémance	47	371 km S	492	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Coulouvray-Boisbenâtre	50	162 km NW	531	25	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Parnac	36	172 km S	509	18.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Breuil	03	298 km SE	524	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Minzac	24	329 km S	495	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Front-sur-Lémance	47	371 km S	492	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 %
La Selve	12	446 km S	562	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %

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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 Val-d'Étangson'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
Angoisse	24	278 km S	598	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Château-Chinon (Campagne)	58	265 km E	554	13.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Christophe	16	212 km S	334	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saulgond	16	217 km S	530	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Nonvilliers-Grandhoux	28	64 km NE	429	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Blandouet-Saint Jean	53	77 km W	554	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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