Meurcé

Sarthe · CC Maine Saosnois · INSEE 72194

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

Few services 29/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Meurcé (INSEE 72194) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Maine Saosnois. Population 275 (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 29/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 17,626 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.69	10	6.85
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (O'TERROIR DE GAYLORD). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (AU PETIT MEURCE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	2	O'TERROIR DE GAYLORD	INSEE BPE 2 / 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	AU PETIT MEURCE	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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 199 peak 2007: 277 2023: 275 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 262 (2012) → 275 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 232 (1990) → 275 (2023): 18.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 122, of which 7.4 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 3.4 km WGP — 5.1 km WPharmacy — 5.3 km WBakery — 5.4 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 (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Meurcé): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vivoin): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.3

Days at or below 0 °C 49.5

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 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MAROLLES LES BR weather station, 10.4 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 70 m. ^[11]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT MARCEAU, 8.8 km away at 55 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 — 72194/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72194/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72194/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72194/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72029
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72380
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
Maison-Ponthieu	80	257 km NE	280	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 86 %
Caucalières	81	549 km S	286	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 54 %
Jas	42	417 km SE	243	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 66 %
Villedubert	11	582 km S	349	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 61 %
Birieux	01	445 km SE	275	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 95 %
Boncourt	02	314 km NE	272	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 91 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Maison-Ponthieu	80	257 km NE	280	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 86 %
Boncourt	02	314 km NE	272	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 91 %
Jas	42	417 km SE	243	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 66 %
Birieux	01	445 km SE	275	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 95 %
Caucalières	81	549 km S	286	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 54 %
Villedubert	11	582 km S	349	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 61 %

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