Bernay-Neuvy-en-Champagne

Identity

Bernay-Neuvy-en-Champagne (INSEE 72219) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé. Population 756 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Bernay-en-Champagne (72033). ^[3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72219-bernay-neuvy-en-champagne

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 15,984 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (LE RELAIS EN CHAMPAGNE). ^[5]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE NORBERT BRASSEUR · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ANSELME RENOU). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BERNAY EN CHAMPAGNE AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 860 (2012) → 756 (2023): -12.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 706 (1990) → 756 (2023): 7.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 390, of which 5.9 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Cures): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Tennie): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Conlie): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Conlie): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Bernay-Neuvy-en-Champagne): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the EPINEU LE CHEVR weather station, 9.3 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 94 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ROUESSE-VASSE, 15.3 km away at 206 m, over 21 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 112 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 823 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at TENNIE, 2.6 km away at 103 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

59 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 118,000 € — 955 € per m² of built surface. ^[14]

The median across Sarthe is 1,300 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[14]

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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72219/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72219/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72219/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72219/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72111
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72351
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72089
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72219
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025