Loué

Sarthe · CC LBN Communauté · INSEE 72168

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

Partly served 54.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Loué (INSEE 72168) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC LBN Communauté. Population 2,156 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72168-loue

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 81 % of the 9,116 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.62	10	6.18
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.62

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA COCOTTE DE LOUE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SAS THE SNACK). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE MANHATTAN CAFE · LES 7 MARCHES). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE DU SACRE COEUR DDEC). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE BELLE-VUE · COLLEGE SAINT MICHEL). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALEXANDRE MAUNY, MÉDECIN · THIBAULT SCHOTTE, MÉDECIN · DAVID MIGNOT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU CHAMP DE ROSES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MICHEL LEBRUN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE BRETAGNE - PAYS DE LOIRE · CREDIT MUTUEL · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE LOUE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (CHRISTINE COIFFURE · LE SALON). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT RICORDEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA SITTELLE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA COCOTTE DE LOUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	SAS THE SNACK	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE MANHATTAN CAFE · LES 7 MARCHES	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE DU SACRE COEUR DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE BELLE-VUE · COLLEGE SAINT MICHEL	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	ALEXANDRE MAUNY, MÉDECIN · THIBAULT SCHOTTE, MÉDECIN · DAVID MIGNOT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU CHAMP DE ROSES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MICHEL LEBRUN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE BRETAGNE - PAYS DE LOIRE · CREDIT MUTUEL · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE LOUE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	3	CHRISTINE COIFFURE · LE SALON	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL RESTAURANT RICORDEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LA SITTELLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Tuesday 8h30 à 12h place Hector-Vincent, au bord de la Vègre – Loué. ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 1,648 peak 2012: 2,184 2023: 2,156 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,184 (2012) → 2,156 (2023): -1.3 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 1,929 (1990) → 2,156 (2023): 11.8 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,184, of which 3.8 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.6 km NW 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 (Loué): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Loué): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Loué): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Loué): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Loué): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.4

Days at or below 0 °C 34.8

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the EPINEU LE CHEVR weather station, 5.3 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 67 m. ^[11]

The village sits 55 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ROUESSE-VASSE, 17.1 km away at 206 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 139 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at EPINEU LE CHEVR, 5.3 km away at 122 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72168/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.ville-loue.fr/commerce/— “le marché a lieu chaque mardi matin de 8h30 à 12h”
DATAtourisme 2025-11— https://data.datatourisme.fr/49/f7e767d0-c9aa-327f-aa99-ebde0694c207— “Marché mardi matin à Loué.”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72168/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72168/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72168/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72168
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
Peschadoires	63	367 km SE	2,104	48.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Malijai	04	648 km SE	2,020	52.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
La Couture-Boussey	27	153 km NE	2,295	49.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Septfonds	82	446 km S	2,261	55.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Attiches	59	365 km NE	2,245	48.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Schirrhein	67	601 km E	2,251	51.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Couture-Boussey	27	153 km NE	2,295	49.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Attiches	59	365 km NE	2,245	48.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Peschadoires	63	367 km SE	2,104	48.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Septfonds	82	446 km S	2,261	55.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Schirrhein	67	601 km E	2,251	51.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Malijai	04	648 km SE	2,020	52.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Loué'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
Le Plessis-Grammoire	49	59 km S	2,664	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Seiches-sur-le-Loir	49	49 km S	2,844	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bréval	78	163 km NE	2,151	60.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Scorbé-Clairvaux	86	138 km S	2,174	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Le Genest-Saint-Isle	53	56 km W	2,166	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Aubigné-Racan	72	46 km SE	2,158	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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