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Juillé

Sarthe · CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles · INSEE 72152

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 4 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Juillé (INSEE 72152) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles. Population 407 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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/72152-juille

Vitality score

Vitality score 10/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 4 % of the 18,000 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.44104.44
Housing mix0.8154.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 301 peak 2012: 477 2023: 407 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 477 (2012) → 407 (2023): -14.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 431 (1990) → 407 (2023): -5.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 227, of which 9.7 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.5 km N (Piacé)Food shop — 1.6 km S (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe)GP — 2.1 km SE (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe)Bakery — 2.2 km S (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe)Pharmacy — 2.2 km S (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe)
Primary school — 1.5 km NFood shop — 1.6 km SGP — 2.1 km SEBakery — 2.2 km SPharmacy — 2.2 km S 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 (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 1.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Piacé): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC weather station, 6.6 km away at 85 m; the village itself is at 77 m. [10]

An average of 706 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC, 6.6 km away at 85 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72152/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72152/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72152/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72152/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72029
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72235
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gasques82459 km S40412.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 99 %
Chauvincourt-Provemont27160 km NE39716.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 84 %
Le Plessis-Hébert27122 km NE40413.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 %
La Haye-Aubrée27134 km N40211.4No daily shopsno figures
Saint-Jean-de-Savigny50134 km NW41614.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 81 %
Anhaux64575 km S38913.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Plessis-Hébert27122 km NE40413.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Jean-de-Savigny50134 km NW41614.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 81 %
La Haye-Aubrée27134 km N40211.4No daily shopsno figures
Chauvincourt-Provemont27160 km NE39716.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 84 %
Gasques82459 km S40412.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 99 %
Anhaux64575 km S38913.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 86 %

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