Requeil

Identity

Requeil (INSEE 72252) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Sud Sarthe. Population 1,108 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/72252-requeil

Vitality score

Vitality score 34/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 13,702 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.

Services

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

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE KUHLMANN · LE FOURNIL DE LA BLOSSERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVECO). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (O NUL BAR AILLEURS). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SANDRINE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 1,204 (2012) → 1,108 (2023): -8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,001 (1990) → 1,108 (2023): 10.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 544, of which 5.1 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Requeil): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pontvallain): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Yvré-le-Pôlin): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Yvré-le-Pôlin): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Requeil): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

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. ^[11]

Measured at the LUCHE-PRINGE weather station, 9.7 km away at 92 m; the village itself is at 77 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LUCHE-PRINGE, 9.7 km away at 92 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 785 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MANSIGNE, 4.6 km away at 70 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

75 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 118,190 € — 900 € 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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72252/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72252/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72252/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72252/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72252
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72243
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72385
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025