Piacé

Sarthe · CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles · INSEE 72235

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

Few services 39.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Piacé (INSEE 72235) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles. Population 370 (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 39.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 18,089 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.64	10	6.38
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.45

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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]

2 × Restaurant (A MON PATOCHE FRITERIE CH'TI · LE RELAIS DES RENARDS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PIACE RP). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	2	A MON PATOCHE FRITERIE CH'TI · LE RELAIS DES RENARDS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	PIACE 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]
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: 426 2023: 370 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 356 (2012) → 370 (2023): 3.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 325 (1990) → 370 (2023): 13.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 199, of which 5.5 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.2 km SGP — 3.7 km SPharmacy — 3.8 km SBakery — 3.9 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 (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Beaumont-sur-Sarthe): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Piacé): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC weather station, 5 km away at 85 m; the village itself is at 73 m. ^[10]

An average of 706 mm of rain a year, spread over 114 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC, 5 km away at 85 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 — 72235/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72235/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72235/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72235/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72029
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72235
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
Saint-Quirc	09	564 km S	366	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 68 %
Essey-et-Maizerais	54	425 km E	339	40.1	Partly served	no figures
Wimy	02	339 km NE	460	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 %
Couthures-sur-Garonne	47	416 km S	365	38.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 64 %
Vadencourt	02	313 km NE	505	33	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 70 %
Grozon	39	446 km E	386	27.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 82 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vadencourt	02	313 km NE	505	33	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 70 %
Wimy	02	339 km NE	460	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 %
Couthures-sur-Garonne	47	416 km S	365	38.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 64 %
Essey-et-Maizerais	54	425 km E	339	40.1	Partly served	no figures
Grozon	39	446 km E	386	27.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Quirc	09	564 km S	366	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 68 %

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