Rouez

Identity

Rouez (INSEE 72256) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé. Population 804 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/72256-rouez

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 15,622 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MIE D'OR). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ROUEZ EN CHAMPAGNE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - FONDATION SERGE ET ANDRÉE LE GROU). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 775 (2012) → 804 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 689 (1990) → 804 (2023): 16.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 406, of which 7.6 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Rouez): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Sillé-le-Guillaume): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Rémy-de-Sillé): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Rouez): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ROUESSE-VASSE weather station, 8.2 km away at 206 m; the village itself is at 115 m. ^[12]

The village sits 91 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ROUESSE-VASSE, 8.2 km away at 206 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 91 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 823 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at TENNIE, 6.3 km away at 103 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72256/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72256/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72256/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72256/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72256
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72351
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72334
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72315
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024