Luché-Pringé

Sarthe · CC Sud Sarthe · INSEE 72175

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

Partly served 51.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Luché-Pringé (INSEE 72175) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Sud Sarthe. Population 1,535 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/72175-luche-pringe

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 11,454 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.53	10	5.33
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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) (SARL LAMOUCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (KER'PIZZAS · AU BOIS SACRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DES ARTS). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GAELLE TEXIER-LEGENDRE, MÉDECIN · FLORIAN BESSEAU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BOIS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLES DE LA CROIX BLANCHE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (GAUTHIER GILLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DU PORT DES ROCHES). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL 3 ETOILES). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	SARL LAMOUCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI	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	KER'PIZZAS · AU BOIS SACRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DES ARTS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE GEORGES JEAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	GAELLE TEXIER-LEGENDRE, MÉDECIN · FLORIAN BESSEAU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LUCHE PRINGE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLES DE LA CROIX BLANCHE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	GAUTHIER GILLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	AUBERGE DU PORT DES ROCHES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL 3 ETOILES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,433 peak 2007: 1,634 2023: 1,535 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,622 (2012) → 1,535 (2023): -5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,486 (1990) → 1,535 (2023): 3.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 954, of which 16.1 % second homes and 6.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 km W 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 (Luché-Pringé): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Luché-Pringé): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Luché-Pringé): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Luché-Pringé): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Luché-Pringé): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.5

Days at or below 0 °C 26.6

Muggy days a summer 1.9

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LUCHE-PRINGE weather station, 1.4 km away at 92 m; the village itself is at 40 m. ^[9]

The village sits 52 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LUCHE-PRINGE, 1.4 km away at 92 m, over 21 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 52 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 658 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LUCHE-PRINGE, 1.4 km away at 92 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72175/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72175/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72175/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72175/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72175
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
Mansigné	72	6.6 km NE	1,555	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Guiscriff	56	280 km W	2,037	61.8	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Caylus	82	407 km S	1,445	57.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Plonévez-du-Faou	29	297 km W	2,160	56.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Conques-en-Rouergue	12	394 km SE	1,540	58.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac	24	303 km S	1,678	56.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mansigné	72	6.6 km NE	1,555	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Guiscriff	56	280 km W	2,037	61.8	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Plonévez-du-Faou	29	297 km W	2,160	56.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac	24	303 km S	1,678	56.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Conques-en-Rouergue	12	394 km SE	1,540	58.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Caylus	82	407 km S	1,445	57.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 45 % · 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 Luché-Pringé'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
Mansigné	72	6.6 km NE	1,555	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Montredon-Labessonnié	81	476 km S	2,076	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Le Grand-Bourg	23	209 km SE	1,167	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Vigeois	19	281 km SE	1,300	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Payzac	24	271 km S	984	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chaillé-les-Marais	85	168 km SW	1,924	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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