La Guierche

Sarthe · CC Maine Coeur de Sarthe · INSEE 72147

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

Few services 31.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Guierche (INSEE 72147) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Maine Coeur de Sarthe. Population 1,300 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72147-la-guierche

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 12,702 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE GUIERCHOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ROBERT DOISNEAU). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA GUIERCHE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (ESPACE LECTURE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (STYLE ET TENDANCE · L'UNIVERS DE MARION). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES PLATANES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 GUIERCHOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ROBERT DOISNEAU	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 GUIERCHE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	ESPACE LECTURE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	STYLE ET TENDANCE · L'UNIVERS DE MARION	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LES PLATANES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 581 2023: 1,300 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,066 (2012) → 1,300 (2023): 22 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 837 (1990) → 1,300 (2023): 55.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 641, of which 13.7 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 3.4 km SWPharmacy — 3.4 km SWFood shop — 3.8 km SW 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 (La Guierche): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Bazoge): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Bazoge): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Bazoge): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Guierche): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.8

Days at or below 0 °C 58

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINT CORNEILLE weather station, 11.8 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 54 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 18.6 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT MARCEAU, 9 km away at 55 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 — 72147/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72147/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72147/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72147/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72147
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72024
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
Péret	34	562 km SE	1,137	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %
Bois-le-Roi	27	119 km NE	1,238	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chantemerle-les-Blés	26	490 km SE	1,343	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Chabournay	86	155 km S	1,274	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Agnin	38	470 km SE	1,245	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Hauteville-sur-Fier	74	502 km SE	1,155	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bois-le-Roi	27	119 km NE	1,238	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chabournay	86	155 km S	1,274	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Agnin	38	470 km SE	1,245	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Chantemerle-les-Blés	26	490 km SE	1,343	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Hauteville-sur-Fier	74	502 km SE	1,155	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Péret	34	562 km SE	1,137	34.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 66 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Guierche'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
Barbières	26	516 km SE	1,143	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bligny-lès-Beaune	21	369 km E	1,288	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Geneuille	25	441 km E	1,280	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Rittershoffen	67	578 km E	928	40.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Belleville-sur-Loire	18	210 km E	989	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Rebréchien	45	138 km E	1,441	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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