Lavardin

Sarthe · CC de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé · INSEE 72157

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 31.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lavardin (INSEE 72157) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé. Population 693 (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/72157-lavardin

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 16,411 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	25	0
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.68	10	6.81
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (FRANCK'Y TRAITEUR · L'APPALOOSA). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (LA COUPE DE CARO). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	FRANCK'Y TRAITEUR · L'APPALOOSA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	LA COUPE DE CARO	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	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: 324 peak 2007: 788 2023: 693 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 738 (2012) → 693 (2023): -6.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 587 (1990) → 693 (2023): 18.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 323, of which 2.2 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.0 km NWGP — 4.4 km EFood shop — 5.6 km EPharmacy — 5.7 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 (Domfront-en-Champagne): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Milesse): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aigné): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Milesse): 5.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Lavardin): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.4

Days at or below 0 °C 47.9

Muggy days a summer 1

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ROUILLON weather station, 9.4 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 111 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 17.5 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 60 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 823 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at TENNIE, 8.9 km away at 103 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 — 72157/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72157/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72157/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72157/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72119
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72198
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72001
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72157
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
Gélannes	10	271 km E	694	27	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Denis-sur-Coise	42	430 km SE	692	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Escherange	57	465 km E	693	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 43 %
Ferrière-sur-Beaulieu	37	127 km SE	703	32	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lagupie	47	391 km S	680	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 55 % · humidity 43 %
Fontaine-au-Bois	59	348 km NE	687	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ferrière-sur-Beaulieu	37	127 km SE	703	32	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Gélannes	10	271 km E	694	27	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-au-Bois	59	348 km NE	687	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Lagupie	47	391 km S	680	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 55 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Denis-sur-Coise	42	430 km SE	692	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Escherange	57	465 km E	693	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 43 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Lavardin'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
Fontaine-au-Bois	59	348 km NE	687	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Châlons-du-Maine	53	53 km W	682	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Fienvillers	80	276 km NE	663	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Villequier-Aumont	02	290 km NE	684	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Domptin	02	259 km NE	654	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Janvry	91	167 km NE	654	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72157-lavardin