Maresché

Sarthe · CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles · INSEE 72186

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 39.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Maresché (INSEE 72186) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles. Population 876 (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/72186-maresche

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 15,122 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	25	0
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.99	10	9.95
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (DUVAL ANA S). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA PAU'S CAFE). ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	DUVAL ANA S	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA PAU'S CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 712 peak 2012: 903 2023: 876 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 903 (2012) → 876 (2023): -3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 586 (1990) → 876 (2023): 49.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 421, of which 3.1 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.3 km NWBakery — 2.4 km NWGP — 2.4 km NWPharmacy — 2.4 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 (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Maresché): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14

Days at or below 0 °C 41.3

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 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC weather station, 10.9 km away at 85 m; the village itself is at 67 m. ^[10]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT MARCEAU, 4.6 km away at 55 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72186/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72186/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72186/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72186/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72029
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72186
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
L'Abergement-Clémenciat	01	427 km SE	860	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 89 %
Savas	07	474 km SE	896	42.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Laud	49	75 km SW	837	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Beauregard-Baret	26	521 km SE	905	45	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Frégant	29	337 km W	874	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 49 %
Aigneville	80	229 km NE	904	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Chapelle-Saint-Laud	49	75 km SW	837	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Aigneville	80	229 km NE	904	38.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Frégant	29	337 km W	874	39.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 49 %
L'Abergement-Clémenciat	01	427 km SE	860	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 89 %
Savas	07	474 km SE	896	42.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Beauregard-Baret	26	521 km SE	905	45	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 97 %

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