Lamnay

Sarthe · CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise · INSEE 72156

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

Partly served 45.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lamnay (INSEE 72156) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise. Population 928 (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/72156-lamnay

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 14,783 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.93	10	9.34
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LAMNAYSIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU NORD). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LAMNAYSIA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	AUBERGE DU NORD	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 GEORGES VALLEE	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	LAMNAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 742 peak 2017: 957 2023: 928 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 942 (2012) → 928 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 647 (1990) → 928 (2023): 43.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 470, of which 6.6 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.9 km SWBakery — 6.1 km NPharmacy — 6.6 km E 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 (Cormes): 6.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Saint-Maixent): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montmirail): 6.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Lamnay): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.6

Days at or below 0 °C 58.3

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CORMES weather station, 7.1 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 144 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 9.6 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 775 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CORMES, 7.1 km away at 122 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 — 72156/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72156/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72156/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72156/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72093
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72156
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72296
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72208
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
Sainte-Marguerite-d'Elle	14	175 km NW	757	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Sers	16	281 km S	896	51.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Augé	79	201 km S	892	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Vivoin	72	43 km W	892	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 77 %
Hommes	37	83 km S	865	45.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Létra	69	376 km SE	901	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vivoin	72	43 km W	892	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 77 %
Hommes	37	83 km S	865	45.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Marguerite-d'Elle	14	175 km NW	757	40	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Augé	79	201 km S	892	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Sers	16	281 km S	896	51.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Létra	69	376 km SE	901	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · 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 Lamnay'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
Létra	69	376 km SE	901	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Varennes	71	318 km SE	836	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Villaines-les-Rochers	37	101 km S	1,051	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Bézenet	03	256 km SE	910	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clément-sur-Valsonne	69	374 km SE	900	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent	23	237 km SE	670	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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