Gesnes-le-Gandelin

Sarthe · CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles · INSEE 72141

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 37.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gesnes-le-Gandelin (INSEE 72141) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles. Population 879 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 37.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 15,109 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.89	10	8.89
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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”.

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGERIE ITINERANTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (API GENES LE GANDELIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU MARRONNIER). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GESNES LE GANDELIN AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (EURL COURANT AURELIA). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA BOULANGERIE ITINERANTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	API GENES LE GANDELIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 DU MARRONNIER	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	GESNES LE GANDELIN 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	1	EURL COURANT AURELIA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 582 peak 2007: 971 2023: 879 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 971 (2012) → 879 (2023): -9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 633 (1990) → 879 (2023): 38.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 461, of which 6.7 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 5.3 km SWGP — 5.5 km SE 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 (Gesnes-le-Gandelin): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gesnes-le-Gandelin): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Fyé): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sougé-le-Ganelon): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Gesnes-le-Gandelin): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.6

Days at or below 0 °C 48.5

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC weather station, 8.1 km away at 85 m; the village itself is at 174 m. ^[11]

The village sits 89 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

An average of 766 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT LEONARD D, 7.1 km away at 127 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 — 72141/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72141/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72141/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72141/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72141
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72139
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72337
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
Mont-Saint-Sulpice	89	271 km E	781	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 92 %
Anglefort	01	515 km SE	1,174	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 95 %
Les Deux-Rives	63	392 km SE	825	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
Bouhet	17	252 km S	903	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 97 %
Charbonnier-les-Mines	63	410 km SE	930	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 68 %
Maligny	89	283 km E	776	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 82 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bouhet	17	252 km S	903	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 97 %
Mont-Saint-Sulpice	89	271 km E	781	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 92 %
Maligny	89	283 km E	776	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 82 %
Les Deux-Rives	63	392 km SE	825	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
Charbonnier-les-Mines	63	410 km SE	930	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 68 %
Anglefort	01	515 km SE	1,174	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 95 %

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