Préval

Sarthe · CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise · INSEE 72245

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

Few services 30.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Préval (INSEE 72245) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise. Population 656 (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 30.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 16,707 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.63	10	6.31
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA PLACE). ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CAFE DE LA PLACE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HENRI MATISSE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	L'ATELIER COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 226 peak 2017: 687 2023: 656 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 668 (2012) → 656 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 580 (1990) → 656 (2023): 13.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 281, of which 2.1 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.8 km SWGP — 4.7 km NEPharmacy — 5.1 km NFood shop — 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 (La Chapelle-du-Bois): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Germain-de-la-Coudre): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Val-au-Perche): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-de-la-Coudre): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Préval): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.6

Days at or below 0 °C 58.3

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CORMES weather station, 9 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 97 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 18 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 775 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CORMES, 9 km away at 122 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72245/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72245/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72245/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72245/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72062
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61394
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61484
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72245
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
Bretx	31	506 km S	673	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Cattenières	59	289 km NE	689	25.9	Few services	no figures
Bonningues-lès-Ardres	62	301 km N	637	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne	38	493 km SE	655	32	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Souligné-Flacé	72	54 km SW	636	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Malhoure	22	231 km W	626	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Souligné-Flacé	72	54 km SW	636	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Malhoure	22	231 km W	626	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Cattenières	59	289 km NE	689	25.9	Few services	no figures
Bonningues-lès-Ardres	62	301 km N	637	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne	38	493 km SE	655	32	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Bretx	31	506 km S	673	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Préval'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
Laps	63	349 km SE	601	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Donnemain-Saint-Mamès	28	57 km E	654	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Chevagny-les-Chevrières	71	378 km SE	607	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Roset-Fluans	25	407 km E	599	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Heidolsheim	67	511 km E	582	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Savins	77	193 km E	617	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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