Montaillé

Sarthe · CC des Vallées de la Braye et de l'Anille · INSEE 72204

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

Few services 30.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montaillé (INSEE 72204) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC des Vallées de la Braye et de l'Anille. Population 516 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 30.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,717 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	0.45	10	4.52
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE BOURGINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ NANOU). ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	BOULANGERIE BOURGINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	CHEZ NANOU	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	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: 668 2023: 516 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 587 (2012) → 516 (2023): -12.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 542 (1990) → 516 (2023): -4.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 300, of which 15.3 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.5 km SEPharmacy — 3.6 km SEGP — 3.9 km SE 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 (Montaillé): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Calais): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Calais): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Calais): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montaillé): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 43.7

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINTE CEROTTE weather station, 3.6 km away at 157 m; the village itself is at 129 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 17.6 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 738 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINTE CEROTTE, 3.6 km away at 157 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 — 72204/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72204/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72204/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72204/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72204
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72269
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
Saint-Aquilin	24	306 km S	458	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Ciral	61	88 km NW	409	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sacey	50	172 km NW	508	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Plussulien	22	283 km W	520	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Merléac	22	270 km W	481	23.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Heugnes	36	116 km SE	380	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ciral	61	88 km NW	409	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Heugnes	36	116 km SE	380	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 99 %
Sacey	50	172 km NW	508	25.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Merléac	22	270 km W	481	23.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Plussulien	22	283 km W	520	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aquilin	24	306 km S	458	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Montaillé'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
Crucey-Villages	28	86 km N	463	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Champgenéteux	53	88 km NW	492	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Chelun	35	144 km W	363	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Eyburie	19	284 km S	486	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Continvoir	37	71 km SW	469	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Hambers	53	90 km NW	624	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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