Lavaré

Sarthe · CC des Vallées de la Braye et de l'Anille · INSEE 72158

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

Few services 37.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lavaré (INSEE 72158) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC des Vallées de la Braye et de l'Anille. Population 815 (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/72158-lavare

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 15,563 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.64	10	6.45
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU COMMERCE DU GUE LONG). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA PAILLOTE SARTHOISE · E&J ASSOCIES). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Swimming pool (BASE DE LOISIRS LAVARE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ISA COIFF). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AU COMMERCE DU GUE LONG	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	2	LA PAILLOTE SARTHOISE · E&J ASSOCIES	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	1	LAVARE 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	1	BASE DE LOISIRS LAVARE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	ISA COIFF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 824 peak 2017: 856 2023: 815 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 854 (2012) → 815 (2023): -4.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 712 (1990) → 815 (2023): 14.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 472, of which 12.1 % second homes and 12.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.0 km NBakery — 4.6 km SWPharmacy — 4.7 km SW 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 (Dollon): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Saint-Maixent): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Dollon): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Lavaré): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.9

Days at or below 0 °C 40.9

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LE LUART weather station, 4.7 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 113 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 4.7 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 706 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LE LUART, 4.7 km away at 112 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72158/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72158/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72158/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72158/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72118
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72158
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72296
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
Vendenesse-lès-Charolles	71	331 km SE	729	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Marcilly-lès-Buxy	71	332 km SE	704	39	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Billy	03	292 km SE	817	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Le Parcq	62	279 km N	740	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Mazaugues	83	664 km SE	901	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Billiat	01	447 km SE	713	39.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Parcq	62	279 km N	740	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Billy	03	292 km SE	817	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Vendenesse-lès-Charolles	71	331 km SE	729	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Marcilly-lès-Buxy	71	332 km SE	704	39	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Billiat	01	447 km SE	713	39.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 %
Mazaugues	83	664 km SE	901	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Lavaré'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	375 km SE	901	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Boissière-École	78	102 km NE	747	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Villaines-les-Rochers	37	93 km S	1,051	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Amailloux	79	163 km SW	822	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Fresse	70	449 km E	687	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Lubin-de-la-Haye	28	109 km NE	937	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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