Fercé-sur-Sarthe

Sarthe · CC du Val de Sarthe · INSEE 72131

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

Few services 29/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fercé-sur-Sarthe (INSEE 72131) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Val de Sarthe. Population 575 (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 29/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 17,327 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.62	10	6.23
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.47

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 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”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DU PECHEUR). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	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	2	L'AUBERGE DU PECHEUR	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES NOISETIERS	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

1968: 317 peak 2007: 612 2023: 575 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 608 (2012) → 575 (2023): -5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 512 (1990) → 575 (2023): 12.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 320, of which 15.3 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.2 km NFood shop — 3.2 km NGP — 5.6 km EPharmacy — 5.7 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 (Chemiré-le-Gaudin): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chemiré-le-Gaudin): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Suze-sur-Sarthe): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Suze-sur-Sarthe): 5.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fercé-sur-Sarthe): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.4

Days at or below 0 °C 47.9

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 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, 16.9 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 59 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 17.5 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 745 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PIRMIL, 5.4 km away at 66 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72131/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72131/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72131/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72131/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72075
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72346
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72131
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
Serviers-et-Labaume	30	547 km SE	590	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-de-Boëge	74	523 km E	597	27.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-Terressus	87	247 km SE	593	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Malo-des-Trois-Fontaines	56	182 km W	545	26.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-Langers	50	146 km NW	617	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 51 %
Le Bourdet	79	191 km S	564	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pierre-Langers	50	146 km NW	617	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 51 %
Saint-Malo-des-Trois-Fontaines	56	182 km W	545	26.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Le Bourdet	79	191 km S	564	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-Terressus	87	247 km SE	593	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-André-de-Boëge	74	523 km E	597	27.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Serviers-et-Labaume	30	547 km SE	590	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · 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 Fercé-sur-Sarthe'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
Martainville	27	160 km N	498	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Niedermorschwihr	68	544 km E	537	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Montmerrei	61	82 km N	560	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-le-Guillaume	53	68 km NW	507	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-l'Abbé	27	143 km N	551	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bacqueville	27	188 km NE	614	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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