Marçon

Identity

Marçon (INSEE 72183) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Loir-Lucé-Bercé. Population 1,057 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/72183-marcon

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 36 % of the 14,014 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA SUCRERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (WOK AND ROULE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

2 × Swimming pool (CAMPING DU LAC DES VARENNES · ESPACE DE LOISIRS DES VARENNES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'HAIR NATUREL). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LE LAC DES VARENNES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,015 (2012) → 1,057 (2023): 4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 912 (1990) → 1,057 (2023): 15.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 632, of which 13.6 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chahaignes): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chahaignes): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Chartre-sur-le-Loir): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Chartre-sur-le-Loir): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Marçon): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the JUPILLES weather station, 11.1 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 56 m. ^[11]

The village sits 92 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, 8.7 km away at 49 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72183/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72183/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72183/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72183/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72052
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72068
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72183
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024