Melleray

Sarthe · CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise · INSEE 72193

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

Few services 30/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Melleray (INSEE 72193) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise. Population 454 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,939 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.4	10	3.99
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.61

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 0 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (JARDIN BERNARD). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (LES JARDINS DE MELLERAY). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)	1	JARDIN BERNARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	LES JARDINS DE MELLERAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 538 2023: 454 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 462 (2012) → 454 (2023): -1.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 505 (1990) → 454 (2023): -10.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 280, of which 13.9 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 0.6 km NWPharmacy — 0.6 km NWGP — 0.7 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 (Montmirail): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Melleray): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montmirail): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montmirail): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Melleray): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.6

Days at or below 0 °C 58.3

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CORMES weather station, 11.1 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 160 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 15.6 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 775 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CORMES, 11.1 km away at 122 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 — 72193/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72193/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72193/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72193/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72208
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72193
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
Thoury	41	79 km SE	430	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bassy	74	448 km SE	423	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
La Baume-Cornillane	26	488 km SE	456	36.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
La Balme-de-Thuy	74	482 km SE	460	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Mons-Boubert	80	234 km N	585	36.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Remoray-Boujeons	25	435 km E	466	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thoury	41	79 km SE	430	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Mons-Boubert	80	234 km N	585	36.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Remoray-Boujeons	25	435 km E	466	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Bassy	74	448 km SE	423	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
La Balme-de-Thuy	74	482 km SE	460	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
La Baume-Cornillane	26	488 km SE	456	36.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · 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 Melleray'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
Thoury	41	79 km SE	430	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lixy	89	171 km E	480	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Villenauxe-la-Petite	77	189 km E	453	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Val-de-Bride	57	442 km E	511	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villeherviers	41	111 km SE	408	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Weinbourg	67	497 km E	467	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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