Pontvallain

Sarthe · CC Sud Sarthe · INSEE 72243

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

Few services 37.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pontvallain (INSEE 72243) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Sud Sarthe. Population 1,607 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72243-pontvallain

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 11,128 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.79	10	7.87
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU BONHEUR DES GOURMANDS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (EIRL DAVID BRAULT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (GRAIN D'CAFE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU BORD DE L'AUNE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JACQUES PREVERT). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (EQUIPEMENTS SPORTIFS DU GYMNASE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (HISTOIRE DE CHEVEUX). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	AU BONHEUR DES GOURMANDS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	EIRL DAVID BRAULT	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	1	GRAIN D'CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU BORD DE L'AUNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JACQUES PREVERT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	PONTVALLAIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	EQUIPEMENTS SPORTIFS DU GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	HISTOIRE DE CHEVEUX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

1968: 951 peak 2012: 1,740 2023: 1,607 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,740 (2012) → 1,607 (2023): -7.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,249 (1990) → 1,607 (2023): 28.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 766, of which 9.7 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.1 km WPharmacy — 4.3 km W 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 (Pontvallain): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pontvallain): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mansigné): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Mansigné): 4.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pontvallain): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.8

Days at or below 0 °C 30.6

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LUCHE-PRINGE weather station, 8.8 km away at 92 m; the village itself is at 52 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LUCHE-PRINGE, 8.8 km away at 92 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 785 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MANSIGNE, 3.9 km away at 70 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

123 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 135,000 € — 933 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Sarthe is 1,300 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

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 — 72243/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72243/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72243/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72243/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72243
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72182
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
Le Trévoux	29	287 km W	1,652	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Terre-et-Marais	50	199 km NW	1,271	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 91 %
Pleumartin	86	121 km S	1,214	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Querrien	29	279 km W	1,645	51	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lombron	72	40 km NE	1,960	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Huismes	37	58 km S	1,498	38.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lombron	72	40 km NE	1,960	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Huismes	37	58 km S	1,498	38.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Pleumartin	86	121 km S	1,214	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Terre-et-Marais	50	199 km NW	1,271	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 91 %
Querrien	29	279 km W	1,645	51	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Trévoux	29	287 km W	1,652	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Pontvallain'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
Pleumartin	86	121 km S	1,214	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Dolay	56	177 km W	2,645	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Limeray	37	71 km SE	1,252	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Philbert-du-Peuple	49	44 km SW	1,307	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Mélisey	70	478 km E	1,625	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Teillay	35	130 km W	1,117	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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