Ruillé-en-Champagne

Sarthe · CC de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé · INSEE 72261

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

Few services 35.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ruillé-en-Champagne (INSEE 72261) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé. Population 310 (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/72261-ruille-en-champagne

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 17,943 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.68	10	6.83
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SAS KALIMA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	SAS KALIMA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 [3,4]
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: 355 2023: 310 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 336 (2012) → 310 (2023): -7.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 262 (1990) → 310 (2023): 18.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 170, of which 12.9 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.8 km NWFood shop — 5.4 km NGP — 8.0 km SEPharmacy — 8.4 km NE 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 (Saint-Symphorien): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tennie): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Coulans-sur-Gée): 8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Conlie): 8.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Ruillé-en-Champagne): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.6

Days at or below 0 °C 40

Muggy days a summer 1

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the EPINEU LE CHEVR weather station, 5.5 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 94 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ROUESSE-VASSE, 13.8 km away at 206 m, over 21 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 112 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 823 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at TENNIE, 5.4 km away at 103 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72261/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72261/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72261/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72261/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72321
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72351
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72096
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72089
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72261
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
Montégut-Plantaurel	09	568 km S	311	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Pruines	12	440 km SE	289	34	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Villenave	40	459 km S	312	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %
Gorses	46	397 km SE	345	32	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Omps	15	397 km SE	314	34.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
La Chaux	71	424 km E	322	31	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Omps	15	397 km SE	314	34.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Gorses	46	397 km SE	345	32	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
La Chaux	71	424 km E	322	31	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 64 %
Pruines	12	440 km SE	289	34	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Villenave	40	459 km S	312	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %
Montégut-Plantaurel	09	568 km S	311	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Ruillé-en-Champagne'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
Chalais	24	294 km S	405	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lorlanges	43	396 km SE	425	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Anjouin	36	171 km SE	313	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Serre-Nerpol	38	520 km SE	307	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Berfay	72	63 km E	333	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Cirgues	46	406 km SE	324	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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