Joué-l'Abbé

Sarthe · CC Maine Coeur de Sarthe · INSEE 72150

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

Few services 30.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Joué-l'Abbé (INSEE 72150) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Maine Coeur de Sarthe. Population 1,267 (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 30.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 12,879 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	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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). ^[3]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 peak 2012: 1,301 2023: 1,267 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,301 (2012) → 1,267 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 822 (1990) → 1,267 (2023): 54.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 519, of which 0.8 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.8 km WFood shop — 4.2 km SWPharmacy — 4.2 km SWGP — 4.8 km W 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): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Neuville-sur-Sarthe): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Bazoge): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Neuville-sur-Sarthe): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Joué-l'Abbé): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINT CORNEILLE weather station, 10.1 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 66 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 18.2 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 768 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAINT CORNEILLE, 10.1 km away at 62 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 — 72150/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72150/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72150/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72150/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72147
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72217
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72024
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72150
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
Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre	45	189 km E	1,222	26.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 84 %
Norroy-lès-Pont-à-Mousson	54	438 km E	1,149	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Gilles	50	151 km NW	1,030	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Bindernheim	67	548 km E	1,055	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Acy	02	272 km NE	1,004	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Champfleur	72	32 km N	1,282	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Champfleur	72	32 km N	1,282	27.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Gilles	50	151 km NW	1,030	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre	45	189 km E	1,222	26.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 84 %
Acy	02	272 km NE	1,004	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Norroy-lès-Pont-à-Mousson	54	438 km E	1,149	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 72 %
Bindernheim	67	548 km E	1,055	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Joué-l'Abbé'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
Guessling-Hémering	57	485 km E	925	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Beauregard-Vendon	63	324 km SE	1,328	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Dietwiller	68	537 km E	1,385	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cormes	72	37 km E	893	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Steinbrunn-le-Bas	68	535 km E	848	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Neuvy-en-Sullias	45	155 km E	1,348	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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