Moncé-en-Belin
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 32.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 4 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Moncé-en-Belin (INSEE 72200) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Orée de Bercé - Belinois. Population 3,697 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72200-monce-en-belin
Vitality score
Vitality score 32.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 4 % of the 6,015 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 | 0.07 | 25 | 1.84 |
| Social | 0.26 | 20 | 5.28 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.82 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE GLINCHE). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (PLATS CUISINES EXOTIQUES · FRITERIE CHEZ SEB · LE BELINOIS D'ANTAN). [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES CAPUCINES). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LES COQUELICOTS). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (OLIVIER JOUSSET, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GRANET HUNAULT). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MONCE EN BELIN AP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (INSTINC'TIF). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Hotel (HÔTEL LA TOUR DES PLANTES). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE GLINCHE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 3 | PLATS CUISINES EXOTIQUES · FRITERIE CHEZ SEB · LE BELINOIS D'ANTAN | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES CAPUCINES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LES COQUELICOTS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | OLIVIER JOUSSET, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE GRANET HUNAULT | 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 | MONCE EN BELIN AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 2 | INSTINC'TIF | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 1 | HÔTEL LA TOUR DES PLANTES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 3,440 (2012) → 3,697 (2023): 7.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,257 (1990) → 3,697 (2023): 63.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,573, of which 1.8 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Moncé-en-Belin): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Laigné-Saint-Gervais): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Moncé-en-Belin): 1.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Moncé-en-Belin): 1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Moncé-en-Belin): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LE MANS weather station, 5.9 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 54 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LE MANS, 5.9 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at SAINT GERVAIS E, 2.1 km away at 57 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
210 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 192,000 € — 1,589 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Sarthe is 1,300 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72200/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72200/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72200/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72200/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 72200
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 72155
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pujaut | 30 | 558 km SE | 3,982 | 39 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 % |
| Pennautier | 11 | 543 km S | 2,895 | 45.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 36 % |
| Seillons-Source-d'Argens | 83 | 658 km SE | 2,818 | 43.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 % |
| Évry-Grégy-sur-Yerre | 77 | 199 km NE | 3,321 | 35 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bouligny | 55 | 436 km NE | 2,507 | 34.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mertzwiller | 67 | 563 km E | 3,343 | 36.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Évry-Grégy-sur-Yerre | 77 | 199 km NE | 3,321 | 35 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bouligny | 55 | 436 km NE | 2,507 | 34.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pennautier | 11 | 543 km S | 2,895 | 45.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 76 % · humidity 36 % |
| Pujaut | 30 | 558 km SE | 3,982 | 39 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 % |
| Mertzwiller | 67 | 563 km E | 3,343 | 36.8 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Seillons-Source-d'Argens | 83 | 658 km SE | 2,818 | 43.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 53 % · 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 Moncé-en-Belin'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dissay | 86 | 134 km S | 3,101 | 38.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Lambert-la-Potherie | 49 | 80 km SW | 2,974 | 48.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Lucs-sur-Boulogne | 85 | 173 km SW | 3,701 | 45.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ligugé | 86 | 153 km S | 3,444 | 29.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dettwiller | 67 | 545 km E | 2,558 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Bignon | 44 | 155 km SW | 3,976 | 51.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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