Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois

Sarthe · CC Maine Saosnois · INSEE 72215

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

Few services 39.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois (INSEE 72215) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Maine Saosnois. Population 1,003 (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 39.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 14,299 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.76	10	7.63
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (LA BAGUETTE DES MOULINS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (NEW CASTLE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNA BOJTE, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRA CIOBANU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE NEUFCHATEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (NEUFCHATEL AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (PÔLE-LECTURE DE NEUFCHÂTEL-EN-SAOSNOIS). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LES ETANGS DE GUIBERT). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA BAGUETTE DES MOULINS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	NEW CASTLE	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 PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ANNA BOJTE, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRA CIOBANU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE NEUFCHATEL	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	NEUFCHATEL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	PÔLE-LECTURE DE NEUFCHÂTEL-EN-SAOSNOIS	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LES ETANGS DE GUIBERT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 712 peak 2017: 1,026 2023: 1,003 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 995 (2012) → 1,003 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 794 (1990) → 1,003 (2023): 26.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 512, of which 6.8 % second homes and 11.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.3

Days at or below 0 °C 60.1

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LA FRESNAYE weather station, 6.8 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 158 m. ^[9]

An average of 823 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ANCINNES, 5.2 km away at 179 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72215/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72215/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72215/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72215/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72215
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
Miré	49	88 km SW	1,060	42.2	Partly served	no figures
Oisseau	53	68 km W	1,136	37.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 73 %
Puymirol	47	468 km S	899	55.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 61 %
Saint-Denis-de-Cabanne	42	386 km SE	1,246	37.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 31 % · winter 78 %
Flavignac	87	304 km S	1,058	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 88 %
Plancy-l'Abbaye	10	275 km E	960	43	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Oisseau	53	68 km W	1,136	37.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 73 %
Miré	49	88 km SW	1,060	42.2	Partly served	no figures
Plancy-l'Abbaye	10	275 km E	960	43	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 86 %
Flavignac	87	304 km S	1,058	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Denis-de-Cabanne	42	386 km SE	1,246	37.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 31 % · winter 78 %
Puymirol	47	468 km S	899	55.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 61 %

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