Saint-Aignan

Sarthe · CC Maine Saosnois · INSEE 72265

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 14.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Aignan (INSEE 72265) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Maine Saosnois. Population 264 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

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

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Vitality score

Vitality score 14.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 17,458 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.71	10	7.11
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	SAINT AIGNAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 337 2023: 264 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 261 (2012) → 264 (2023): 1.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 218 (1990) → 264 (2023): 21.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 156, of which 13.5 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 4.1 km SWBakery — 4.7 km NWGP — 4.7 km NWPharmacy — 4.7 km NWFood shop — 4.9 km NW 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 (Marolles-les-Braults): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marolles-les-Braults): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Marolles-les-Braults): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Marolles-les-Braults): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Mézières-sur-Ponthouin): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.3

Days at or below 0 °C 49.5

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MAROLLES LES BR weather station, 3.2 km away at 65 m; the village itself is at 66 m. ^[10]

An average of 720 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MAROLLES LES BR, 3.2 km away at 65 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72265/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72265/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72265/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72265/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72189
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72196
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
Lahitte-Toupière	65	530 km S	263	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 93 %
Mersuay	70	434 km E	287	14.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 51 %
Proisy	02	310 km NE	276	11	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 92 %
La Roë	53	114 km W	248	11.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Baudel	18	207 km SE	250	11.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 80 %
Dommartin-le-Saint-Père	52	339 km E	265	11.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Roë	53	114 km W	248	11.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Baudel	18	207 km SE	250	11.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 80 %
Proisy	02	310 km NE	276	11	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 92 %
Dommartin-le-Saint-Père	52	339 km E	265	11.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 %
Mersuay	70	434 km E	287	14.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 51 %
Lahitte-Toupière	65	530 km S	263	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 93 %

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