Gréez-sur-Roc

Identity

Gréez-sur-Roc (INSEE 72144) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise. Population 344 (2023). ^[1]

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

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72144-greez-sur-roc

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 18,036 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (LES JARDINS DU PERCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GREEZ SUR ROC AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 366 (2012) → 344 (2023): -6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 410 (1990) → 344 (2023): -16.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 330, of which 41.8 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Montmirail): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montmirail): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montmirail): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montmirail): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montmirail): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the CORMES weather station, 7.9 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 173 m. ^[9]

The village sits 51 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 16.6 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 61 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 775 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CORMES, 7.9 km away at 122 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

What property sold for

69 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 75,000 € — 814 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

The median across Sarthe is 1,300 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[10]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72144/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72144/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72144/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72144/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72208
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
10. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025