Rouillon

Sarthe · CU Le Mans Métropole · INSEE 72257

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

Partly served 41.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rouillon (INSEE 72257) is in Sarthe (72), part of CU Le Mans Métropole. Population 2,382 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72257-rouillon

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 8,522 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	9.96
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON DELAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MARINERO NILE ET FORAT). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SOC ROMELIEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT A L'INTINCT BAR A BIERES). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRE BRICAUD, MÉDECIN · ANTOINE JANVIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES LILAS). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Gym / sports hall (LYCEE AGRICOLE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (MARIENNE AUDREY ZIG ZAG · LES CISEAUX DE ROUILLON). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MAISON DELAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MARINERO NILE ET FORAT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	SOC ROMELIEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	RESTAURANT A L'INTINCT BAR A BIERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	PIERRE BRICAUD, MÉDECIN · ANTOINE JANVIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES LILAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	ROUILLON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	LYCEE AGRICOLE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	MARIENNE AUDREY ZIG ZAG · LES CISEAUX DE ROUILLON	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: 684 2023: 2,382 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,266 (2012) → 2,382 (2023): 5.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,592 (1990) → 2,382 (2023): 49.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,029, of which 1.6 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Rouillon): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rouillon): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Rouillon): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Rouillon): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Rouillon): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.4

Days at or below 0 °C 47.9

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ROUILLON weather station, 0.3 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 7.8 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 782 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ROUILLON, 0.3 km away at 90 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72257/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72257/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72257/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72257/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72257
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
Puymoyen	16	266 km S	2,403	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Soyons	07	500 km SE	2,341	49.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Kaltenhouse	67	575 km E	2,412	52.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Contest	14	140 km N	2,465	53.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Issenheim	68	530 km E	3,502	49.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Hardricourt	78	171 km NE	2,599	57.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Contest	14	140 km N	2,465	53.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Hardricourt	78	171 km NE	2,599	57.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Puymoyen	16	266 km S	2,403	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Soyons	07	500 km SE	2,341	49.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Issenheim	68	530 km E	3,502	49.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Kaltenhouse	67	575 km E	2,412	52.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Rouillon'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
Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers	61	100 km NW	3,173	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Corbehem	62	335 km NE	2,258	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-sous-Saint-Leu	60	214 km NE	2,284	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Haulchin	59	352 km NE	2,281	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Livry-sur-Seine	77	197 km E	2,226	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Condé-sur-Sarthe	61	48 km N	2,494	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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