Laigné-Saint-Gervais
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 43.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Laigné-Saint-Gervais (INSEE 72155) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Orée de Bercé - Belinois. Population 4,252 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2025-01-01 from 1 former commune: Saint-Gervais-en-Belin (72287). [3]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72155-laigne-saint-gervais
Vitality score
Vitality score 43.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 22 % of the 5,376 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 | 0.38 | 25 | 9.52 |
| Social | 0.37 | 20 | 7.49 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.43 | 10 | 4.27 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.75 | 10 | 7.47 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.81 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PALAIS DES SAVEURS · MOULIN NEUF · LE FOURNIL SAINT MARTIN). [4,5]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (A L F). [4,5]
1 × Supermarket (AUROIT). [4]
3 × Restaurant (GANG OF PIZZA · LE DUY · LE BON SAINT-MARTIN). [4,5]
1 × Café / bar (LE CHIQUITO). [5]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE SAINTE ANNE SAINT JOSEPH DDEC). [4]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VALERIA NEACSU, MÉDECIN · IONELA GIURCA, MÉDECIN · ANDREEA MOCANU, MÉDECIN · ANDREEA ARDELEANU, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LENOBLE). [4,5]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT GERVAIS EN BELIN RP). [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE LAIGNÉ - SAINT GERVAIS EN BELIN). [4]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN CLAVERIE). [4]
4 × Hairdresser (COULEUR CARAMEL · CELINE'COIFF · UN HAIR D'ANTAN · SATISF'HAIR). [4,5]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Nursery school (maternelle), 2 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | AU PALAIS DES SAVEURS · MOULIN NEUF · LE FOURNIL SAINT MARTIN | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | A L F | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | AUROIT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 3 | GANG OF PIZZA · LE DUY · LE BON SAINT-MARTIN | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE CHIQUITO | INSEE SIRENE 1 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE SAINTE ANNE SAINT JOSEPH DDEC | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | VALERIA NEACSU, MÉDECIN · IONELA GIURCA, MÉDECIN · ANDREEA MOCANU, MÉDECIN · ANDREEA ARDELEANU, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE LENOBLE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SAINT GERVAIS EN BELIN RP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE LAIGNÉ - SAINT GERVAIS EN BELIN | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF JEAN CLAVERIE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 4 | COULEUR CARAMEL · CELINE'COIFF · UN HAIR D'ANTAN · SATISF'HAIR | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 4,530 (2012) → 4,252 (2023): -6.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 3,409 (1990) → 4,252 (2023): 24.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,934, of which 1.9 % second homes and 4 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Laigné-Saint-Gervais): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Laigné-Saint-Gervais): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Laigné-Saint-Gervais): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Laigné-Saint-Gervais): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Laigné-Saint-Gervais): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [10]
Measured at the LE MANS weather station, 7.9 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 67 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LE MANS, 7.9 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at SAINT GERVAIS E, 0.3 km away at 57 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 — 72155/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72155/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72155/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72155/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 72155
- 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-Aubin-du-Cormier | 35 | 128 km W | 4,203 | 56.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vieillevigne | 44 | 161 km SW | 4,150 | 46.9 | Partly served | no figures |
| Morlaàs | 64 | 506 km S | 4,374 | 58.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 % |
| Craon | 53 | 88 km W | 4,431 | 61.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 % |
| Landévant | 56 | 251 km W | 4,056 | 53.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 88 % |
| Baccarat | 54 | 487 km E | 4,089 | 46.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craon | 53 | 88 km W | 4,431 | 61.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 % |
| Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier | 35 | 128 km W | 4,203 | 56.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vieillevigne | 44 | 161 km SW | 4,150 | 46.9 | Partly served | no figures |
| Landévant | 56 | 251 km W | 4,056 | 53.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 88 % |
| Baccarat | 54 | 487 km E | 4,089 | 46.3 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 % |
| Morlaàs | 64 | 506 km S | 4,374 | 58.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 % |
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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 Laigné-Saint-Gervais'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulsanne | 72 | 3.4 km NE | 5,244 | 47.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Maulévrier | 49 | 122 km SW | 3,172 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nozay | 44 | 143 km W | 4,292 | 53.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine | 44 | 151 km SW | 4,156 | 50.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rives de l'Yon | 85 | 185 km SW | 4,335 | 48 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Truchtersheim | 67 | 553 km E | 4,398 | 54 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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