Neuvillalais
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 32.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Neuvillalais (INSEE 72216) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé. Population 585 (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 32.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 62 % of the 17,248 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.92 | 10 | 9.2 |
| Housing mix | 0.84 | 5 | 4.22 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE MERIDIEN). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MAURICE CAREME). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (NEUVILLALAIS RP). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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) | 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE MERIDIEN | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MAURICE CAREME | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | NEUVILLALAIS RP | INSEE BPE 1 [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
Population 582 (2012) → 585 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 412 (1990) → 585 (2023): 42 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 258, of which 7.8 % second homes and 5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Conlie): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Conlie): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Conlie): 4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Conlie): 4 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Neuvillalais): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ROUESSE-VASSE weather station, 16.7 km away at 206 m; the village itself is at 101 m. [10]
The village sits 105 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ROUESSE-VASSE, 16.7 km away at 206 m, over 21 summers. [10]
That station sits 105 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 823 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at TENNIE, 6.8 km away at 103 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 — 72216/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72216/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72216/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72216/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 72089
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 72216
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtonne-les-Deux-Églises | 14 | 107 km N | 627 | 33.5 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 69 % |
| Momuy | 40 | 507 km S | 487 | 30.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 80 % · humidity 0 % |
| Sepmes | 37 | 131 km SE | 604 | 29.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Brulais | 35 | 155 km W | 542 | 33.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Trigny | 51 | 313 km NE | 619 | 22.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Babœuf | 60 | 276 km NE | 508 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtonne-les-Deux-Églises | 14 | 107 km N | 627 | 33.5 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 69 % |
| Sepmes | 37 | 131 km SE | 604 | 29.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Brulais | 35 | 155 km W | 542 | 33.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Babœuf | 60 | 276 km NE | 508 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trigny | 51 | 313 km NE | 619 | 22.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Momuy | 40 | 507 km S | 487 | 30.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 80 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Neuvillalais'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Brulais | 35 | 155 km W | 542 | 33.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Seninghem | 62 | 319 km NE | 685 | 34 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pontaubault | 50 | 113 km NW | 579 | 46.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Comblessac | 35 | 158 km W | 671 | 31.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Buigny-Saint-Maclou | 80 | 259 km NE | 514 | 18 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Léger-aux-Bois | 76 | 221 km NE | 474 | 17.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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