Louailles

Sarthe · CC du Pays Sabolien · INSEE 72167

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

Few services 35.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Louailles (INSEE 72167) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays Sabolien. Population 691 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 35.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 16,438 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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

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 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 (RELAIS DE LOUAILLES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (RELAIS DE LOUAILLES). ^[3]

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

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	RELAIS DE LOUAILLES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU RUISSEAU	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	RELAIS DE LOUAILLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 302 peak 2012: 748 2023: 691 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 748 (2012) → 691 (2023): -7.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 368 (1990) → 691 (2023): 87.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 278, of which 1.1 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km NBakery — 5.8 km NWPharmacy — 6.0 km SWGP — 6.3 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 (Solesmes): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vion): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Précigné): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Précigné): 6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.2

Days at or below 0 °C 40.2

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 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SABLE SUR SARTH weather station, 6.6 km away at 41 m; the village itself is at 44 m. ^[12]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SABLE SUR SARTH, 6.6 km away at 41 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 — 72167/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72167/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72167/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72167/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72336
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72378
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72244
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72167
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
Épineau-les-Voves	89	278 km E	708	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
Brissy-Hamégicourt	02	343 km NE	653	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 70 %
Festieux	02	352 km NE	704	32.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 70 %
La Pierre	38	549 km SE	664	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 89 %
Châtres	77	249 km NE	714	30.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Précy-sur-Marne	77	257 km NE	747	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Châtres	77	249 km NE	714	30.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Précy-sur-Marne	77	257 km NE	747	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Épineau-les-Voves	89	278 km E	708	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
Brissy-Hamégicourt	02	343 km NE	653	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 70 %
Festieux	02	352 km NE	704	32.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 70 %
La Pierre	38	549 km SE	664	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 89 %

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