Guécélard

Sarthe · CC du Val de Sarthe · INSEE 72146

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

Few services 38.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Guécélard (INSEE 72146) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Val de Sarthe. Population 3,202 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72146-guecelard

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 6,751 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	0.15	25	3.69
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.11	10	1.11
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.92	10	9.16
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU GUE MOULIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LOMASE · LA BELLE ETOILE · LE QG). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE LOUISIANA). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE CASSIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DAUDIBON). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GUECELARD RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (JULIE VOUS COIFF' · COULEUR CARAMEL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU GUE MOULIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	LOMASE · LA BELLE ETOILE · LE QG	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE LOUISIANA	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE CASSIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DAUDIBON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	GUECELARD RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	JULIE VOUS COIFF' · COULEUR CARAMEL	INSEE BPE 2 / 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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday, Sunday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 660 2023: 3,202 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,844 (2012) → 3,202 (2023): 12.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,261 (1990) → 3,202 (2023): 41.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,311, of which 0.5 % second homes and 2.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 5.0 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 (Guécélard): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Guécélard): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Moncé-en-Belin): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Guécélard): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Guécélard): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.5

Days at or below 0 °C 37.5

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LE MANS weather station, 8.9 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 39 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 8.9 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT GERVAIS E, 7.1 km away at 57 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72146/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2025-11— https://data.datatourisme.fr/49/3c5192a6-aac9-3c2b-a50e-e1e3cb0578bf— “Marché le jeudi et le dimanche matin à Guécélard.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72146/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72146/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72146/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72146
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72200
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
Feillens	01	399 km SE	3,411	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 66 %
Merlevenez	56	252 km W	3,174	47.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Soubise	17	234 km S	3,316	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Ruaudin	72	12 km NE	3,481	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Avord	18	212 km SE	2,909	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Le Boupère	85	145 km SW	3,151	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ruaudin	72	12 km NE	3,481	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Boupère	85	145 km SW	3,151	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Avord	18	212 km SE	2,909	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Soubise	17	234 km S	3,316	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Merlevenez	56	252 km W	3,174	47.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Feillens	01	399 km SE	3,411	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 66 %

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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 Guécélard'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
Ruaudin	72	12 km NE	3,481	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Avord	18	212 km SE	2,909	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Argentré	53	62 km W	2,906	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Port-Saint-Père	44	164 km SW	3,059	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron	85	185 km SW	2,727	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Magné	79	181 km S	2,728	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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