René

Sarthe · CC Maine Saosnois · INSEE 72251

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

Few services 22/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

René (INSEE 72251) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Maine Saosnois. Population 387 (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 22/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 18,035 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.66	10	6.62
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DES HALLES). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (RENE AP). ^[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, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DES HALLES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	RENE 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 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: 517 2023: 387 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 369 (2012) → 387 (2023): 4.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 333 (1990) → 387 (2023): 16.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 219, of which 7.8 % second homes and 16 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.6 km WFood shop — 5.3 km SGP — 7.3 km EBakery — 7.4 km SEPharmacy — 7.5 km SE 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 (Marolles-les-Braults): 7.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Meurcé): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Marolles-les-Braults): 7.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Marolles-les-Braults): 7.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Chérancé): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.3

Days at or below 0 °C 49.5

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MAROLLES LES BR weather station, 9.7 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 87 m. ^[11]

An average of 720 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MAROLLES LES BR, 9.7 km away at 65 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72251/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72251/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72251/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72251/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72189
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72078
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
Thervay	39	419 km E	384	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 73 %
Serain	02	300 km NE	380	19.8	No daily shops	no figures
Laifour	08	373 km NE	399	16	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Nolléval	76	164 km NE	417	22.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 65 %
Saint-Julia	31	548 km S	418	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 59 %
La Celle-Guenand	37	157 km S	379	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Celle-Guenand	37	157 km S	379	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 86 %
Nolléval	76	164 km NE	417	22.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 65 %
Serain	02	300 km NE	380	19.8	No daily shops	no figures
Laifour	08	373 km NE	399	16	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Thervay	39	419 km E	384	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 73 %
Saint-Julia	31	548 km S	418	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 59 %

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