La Fontaine-Saint-Martin

Sarthe · CC du Pays Fléchois · INSEE 72135

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

Few services 39.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Fontaine-Saint-Martin (INSEE 72135) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays Fléchois. Population 599 (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 39.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,078 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.84	10	8.4
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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]

1 × Restaurant (LE MAGIC). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'EURO FONTAINOIS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE A LA CLAIRE FONTAINE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA FONTAINE SAINT MARTIN AP). ^[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, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	1	LE MAGIC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'EURO FONTAINOIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE A LA CLAIRE FONTAINE	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	1	LA FONTAINE SAINT MARTIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 512 peak 2017: 619 2023: 599 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 617 (2012) → 599 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 447 (1990) → 599 (2023): 34 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 274, of which 5.1 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.4 km NEGP — 4.4 km NEPharmacy — 4.7 km NEFood shop — 4.8 km NE 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 (Cérans-Foulletourte): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cérans-Foulletourte): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cérans-Foulletourte): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cérans-Foulletourte): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Fontaine-Saint-Martin): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.8

Days at or below 0 °C 30.6

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LUCHE-PRINGE weather station, 9.1 km away at 92 m; the village itself is at 78 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LUCHE-PRINGE, 9.1 km away at 92 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 785 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MANSIGNE, 8.4 km away at 70 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 — 72135/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72135/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72135/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72135/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72051
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72135
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
Carantilly	50	171 km NW	619	40.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Estrées-Mons	80	317 km NE	594	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Montécheroux	25	509 km E	563	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Macaye	64	508 km S	593	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 91 %
Auterive	32	470 km S	529	36.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Occagnes	61	110 km N	671	41.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Occagnes	61	110 km N	671	41.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Carantilly	50	171 km NW	619	40.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Estrées-Mons	80	317 km NE	594	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Auterive	32	470 km S	529	36.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 57 %
Macaye	64	508 km S	593	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 91 %
Montécheroux	25	509 km E	563	35.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · 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 La Fontaine-Saint-Martin'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
Chédigny	37	96 km SE	566	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Avon-les-Roches	37	77 km SE	534	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mesnil-sous-Jumièges	76	190 km N	602	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Jullié	69	391 km SE	492	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Thoury-Férottes	77	222 km E	649	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Le Louroux	37	89 km SE	533	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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