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Montreuil-le-Henri

Sarthe · CC Loir-Lucé-Bercé · INSEE 72210

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

Few services 20.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montreuil-le-Henri (INSEE 72210) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Loir-Lucé-Bercé. Population 295 (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 20.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 17,814 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.71107.09
Housing mix0.4352.15

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTREUIL LE HENRI AP). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1MONTREUIL LE HENRI APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 401 2023: 295 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 275 (2012) → 295 (2023): 7.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 244 (1990) → 295 (2023): 20.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 186, of which 28.5 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 4.1 km N (Tresson)Pharmacy — 4.1 km N (Tresson)GP — 5.6 km S (Courdemanche)Bakery — 5.9 km S (Courdemanche)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km NPharmacy — 4.1 km NGP — 5.6 km SBakery — 5.9 km S 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 (Courdemanche): 5.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Tresson): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Courdemanche): 5.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Tresson): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Montreuil-le-Henri): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the TRESSON_SAPC weather station, 2.1 km away at 154 m; the village itself is at 148 m. [11]

An average of 717 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at TRESSON_SAPC, 2.1 km away at 154 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72210/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72210/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72210/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72210/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72103
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72361
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72210
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Néoux23252 km SE27916.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 35 %
Le Brethon03217 km SE32415.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 49 %
Sainte-Eulalie-d'Ans24293 km S29818.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 85 %
Lenax03301 km SE25714.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 58 %
Saint-Pardoux-le-Vieux19283 km SE29324.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 19 %
Espinasse63261 km SE27418.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 58 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Brethon03217 km SE32415.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 49 %
Néoux23252 km SE27916.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 35 %
Espinasse63261 km SE27418.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 58 %
Saint-Pardoux-le-Vieux19283 km SE29324.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 19 %
Sainte-Eulalie-d'Ans24293 km S29818.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 85 %
Lenax03301 km SE25714.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 58 %

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