Luceau

Sarthe · CC Loir-Lucé-Bercé · INSEE 72173

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

Few services 29.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Luceau (INSEE 72173) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Loir-Lucé-Bercé. Population 1,225 (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/72173-luceau

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 13,095 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	5	0
Population trend	0.75	10	7.51
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.16

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 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (L'ARDENNAIS · 60'S DINER). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (ZL COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE KELLY). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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)	1	INTERMARCHE	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	L'ARDENNAIS · 60'S DINER	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 LES LUCIOLES	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	ZL COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE KELLY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 642 peak 2012: 1,294 2023: 1,225 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,294 (2012) → 1,225 (2023): -5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 979 (1990) → 1,225 (2023): 25.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 621, of which 8.4 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.5 km SFood shop — 1.5 km SEBakery — 2.5 km SEGP — 2.8 km SEPharmacy — 7.9 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 (Montval-sur-Loir): 2.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Luceau): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montval-sur-Loir): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vaas): 7.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Luceau): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.8

Days at or below 0 °C 37.8

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 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the JUPILLES weather station, 9.4 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 84 m. ^[11]

The village sits 64 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]

An average of 729 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTABON, 4 km away at 49 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 — 72173/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72173/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72173/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72173/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72071
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72173
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72364
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
Cély	77	179 km NE	1,259	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 76 %
Goussainville	28	146 km NE	1,335	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %
Colomby-Anguerny	14	183 km N	1,353	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 77 %
Granges-Narboz	25	455 km E	1,359	33.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 8 %
Quiers-sur-Bezonde	45	156 km E	1,183	26.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
La Bâtie-Rolland	26	492 km SE	1,087	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 15 % · winter 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Goussainville	28	146 km NE	1,335	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %
Quiers-sur-Bezonde	45	156 km E	1,183	26.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Cély	77	179 km NE	1,259	30.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 76 %
Colomby-Anguerny	14	183 km N	1,353	36.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 77 %
Granges-Narboz	25	455 km E	1,359	33.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 8 %
La Bâtie-Rolland	26	492 km SE	1,087	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 15 % · winter 93 %

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