Ruaudin

Sarthe · CU Le Mans Métropole · INSEE 72260

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

Partly served 51.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ruaudin (INSEE 72260) is in Sarthe (72), part of CU Le Mans Métropole. Population 3,481 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72260-ruaudin

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 6,307 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.74	20	14.89
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.85	10	8.5
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · LA GUERANDE · L'AUTHENTIQUE · CONFISERIE LEONIDAS). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (SUPER U · 8 A HUIT). ^[3,4]

13 × Restaurant (RS RUAUDIN · AUBERGE LES BLES D'OR · LE ZOO RESTAURANT · COTE SAVEURS · POUIC-POUIC). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (L'ESCAPADE). ^[4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BÉRENGÈRE LIGER, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE CHEVREAU-FOURNET, MÉDECIN · TIPHANY JOLIET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LE BOULANGER). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (RUAUDIN RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF ENTREE PRINCIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (BC IMMOCOURTAGE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (SALON ROUSSEL RUAUDIN · CAPRICE COIFFURE · IKXIS · PASSAGE BLEU). ^[3,4]

3 × Hotel (AUBERGE DES HUNAUDIERES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · LA GUERANDE · L'AUTHENTIQUE · CONFISERIE LEONIDAS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	SUPER U · 8 A HUIT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	13	RS RUAUDIN · AUBERGE LES BLES D'OR · LE ZOO RESTAURANT · COTE SAVEURS · POUIC-POUIC	INSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	L'ESCAPADE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE FERNAND BOUTIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	BÉRENGÈRE LIGER, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE CHEVREAU-FOURNET, MÉDECIN · TIPHANY JOLIET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LE BOULANGER	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	RUAUDIN RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF ENTREE PRINCIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	BC IMMOCOURTAGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	5	SALON ROUSSEL RUAUDIN · CAPRICE COIFFURE · IKXIS · PASSAGE BLEU	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	3	AUBERGE DES HUNAUDIERES	INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday 8h à 12h30 Place de la Mairie. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,290 2023: 3,481 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,421 (2012) → 3,481 (2023): 1.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,579 (1990) → 3,481 (2023): 35 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,494, of which 1.1 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[8]

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 (Ruaudin): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Ruaudin): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ruaudin): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ruaudin): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Ruaudin): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.5

Days at or below 0 °C 37.5

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE MANS weather station, 5.2 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 52 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 5.2 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 701 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE MANS, 5.2 km away at 51 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72260/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.ruaudin.fr/— “À partir du 11 novembre, tous les mercredis De 8h à 12h30 Place de la Mairie”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72260/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72260/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72260/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72260
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
Saucats	33	372 km S	3,548	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Feillens	01	393 km SE	3,411	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 66 %
Soubise	17	244 km SW	3,316	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Hasnon	59	357 km NE	3,849	44.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Hussigny-Godbrange	54	446 km NE	3,912	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 70 %
Éperlecques	62	346 km NE	3,737	44.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Soubise	17	244 km SW	3,316	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Éperlecques	62	346 km NE	3,737	44.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 93 %
Hasnon	59	357 km NE	3,849	44.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saucats	33	372 km S	3,548	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Feillens	01	393 km SE	3,411	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 66 %
Hussigny-Godbrange	54	446 km NE	3,912	44.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 70 %

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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 Ruaudin'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
Port-Saint-Père	44	176 km SW	3,059	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Argentré	53	69 km W	2,906	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Avord	18	206 km SE	2,909	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Aigrefeuille-sur-Maine	44	158 km SW	4,156	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron	85	197 km SW	2,727	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Magné	79	191 km S	2,728	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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