Le Luart

Sarthe · CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise · INSEE 72172

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

Few services 35.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Luart (INSEE 72172) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise. Population 1,460 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72172-le-luart

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 11,847 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.54

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 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LA CROIX BLANCHE · HL DIFFUSION GROUP). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE LUART RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE SPORT COMMUNAUTAIRE DE L HUISNE SARTHOISE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (MISS T'HAIR ELODIE · LE SMILE D'COIFF). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	2	RESTAURANT LA CROIX BLANCHE · HL DIFFUSION GROUP	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 HELEN KELLER	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	LE LUART RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DE SPORT COMMUNAUTAIRE DE L HUISNE SARTHOISE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	MISS T'HAIR ELODIE · LE SMILE D'COIFF	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 687 2023: 1,460 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,445 (2012) → 1,460 (2023): 1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 952 (1990) → 1,460 (2023): 53.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 710, of which 4.6 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.5 km EBakery — 3.4 km SPharmacy — 3.5 km SFood shop — 4.0 km NGP — 4.9 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): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sceaux-sur-Huisne): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Thorigné-sur-Dué): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Dollon): 3.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Luart): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the LE LUART weather station, 1 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 90 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 1 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 706 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE LUART, 1 km away at 112 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 — 72172/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72172/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72172/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72172/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72118
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72331
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72358
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72172
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
Pourcieux	83	651 km SE	1,552	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Louplande	72	43 km W	1,505	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Fillé	72	39 km SW	1,562	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Chantemerle-les-Blés	26	466 km SE	1,343	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Étriché	49	90 km SW	1,600	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sassenay	71	354 km E	1,612	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fillé	72	39 km SW	1,562	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Louplande	72	43 km W	1,505	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Étriché	49	90 km SW	1,600	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sassenay	71	354 km E	1,612	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Chantemerle-les-Blés	26	466 km SE	1,343	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Pourcieux	83	651 km SE	1,552	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · 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 Le Luart'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
Louplande	72	43 km W	1,505	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Fillé	72	39 km SW	1,562	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Étriché	49	90 km SW	1,600	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Gazeran	78	108 km NE	1,492	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Moussy-le-Vieux	77	185 km NE	1,469	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Mellecey	71	342 km SE	1,348	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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