Oisseau-le-Petit

Sarthe · CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles · INSEE 72225

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

Few services 28.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Oisseau-le-Petit (INSEE 72225) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles. Population 671 (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 28.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 16,584 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	0.55	10	5.47
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (A LA GRANDE FOURCHETTE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (OISSEAU LE PETIT AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	1	A LA GRANDE FOURCHETTE	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)	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	OISSEAU LE PETIT AP	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 569 peak 2012: 711 2023: 671 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 711 (2012) → 671 (2023): -5.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 641 (1990) → 671 (2023): 4.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 327, of which 4.9 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.8 km SGP — 2.8 km SBakery — 2.9 km SPharmacy — 5.2 km N 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 (Fyé): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fyé): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Fyé): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Arçonnay): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Oisseau-le-Petit): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14

Days at or below 0 °C 41.3

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 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC weather station, 5.4 km away at 85 m; the village itself is at 128 m. ^[11]

An average of 706 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC, 5.4 km away at 85 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

44 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 115,250 € — 956 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Sarthe is 1,300 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72225/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72225/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72225/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72225/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72139
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72006
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72225
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Foulain	52	382 km E	673	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 69 %
Garganvillar	82	492 km S	675	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 80 %
Boissy-le-Sec	91	149 km E	690	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 %
Moulidars	16	299 km S	662	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 97 %
Fontanès	30	590 km SE	700	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 97 %
Balbronn	67	542 km E	681	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Boissy-le-Sec	91	149 km E	690	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 %
Moulidars	16	299 km S	662	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 97 %
Foulain	52	382 km E	673	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 69 %
Garganvillar	82	492 km S	675	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 80 %
Balbronn	67	542 km E	681	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %
Fontanès	30	590 km SE	700	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 97 %

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