Fontenay-sur-Vègre

Sarthe · CC LBN Communauté · INSEE 72136

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

Few services 21.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fontenay-sur-Vègre (INSEE 72136) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC LBN Communauté. Population 307 (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 21.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 17,906 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.74	10	7.43
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.35

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[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, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 362 2023: 307 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 344 (2012) → 307 (2023): -10.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 247 (1990) → 307 (2023): 24.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 153, of which 6.5 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.7 km NWFood shop — 4.0 km EGP — 7.0 km SPharmacy — 7.0 km S 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 (Poillé-sur-Vègre): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chantenay-Villedieu): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Parcé-sur-Sarthe): 7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Parcé-sur-Sarthe): 7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Fontenay-sur-Vègre): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.2

Days at or below 0 °C 40.2

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SABLE SUR SARTH weather station, 9.4 km away at 41 m; the village itself is at 52 m. ^[12]

An average of 745 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PIRMIL, 8.7 km away at 66 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 — 72136/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72136/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72136/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72136/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72239
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72059
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72228
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72136
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
Planrupt	52	377 km E	307	22.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 76 %
Égligny	77	255 km E	310	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 85 %
Colombiers	17	253 km S	306	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 95 %
Connigis	02	304 km NE	306	20.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 73 %
Quiry-le-Sec	80	274 km NE	311	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 70 %
Manicamp	02	310 km NE	311	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Colombiers	17	253 km S	306	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 95 %
Égligny	77	255 km E	310	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 85 %
Quiry-le-Sec	80	274 km NE	311	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 70 %
Connigis	02	304 km NE	306	20.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 73 %
Manicamp	02	310 km NE	311	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %
Planrupt	52	377 km E	307	22.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 76 %

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