Saint-Calez-en-Saosnois

Sarthe · CC Maine Saosnois · INSEE 72270

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 20.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Calez-en-Saosnois (INSEE 72270) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Maine Saosnois. Population 179 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 15,296 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.85	10	8.46
Housing mix	0.58	5	2.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	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	1	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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: 225 2023: 179 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 167 (2012) → 179 (2023): 7.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 133 (1990) → 179 (2023): 34.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 100, of which 21 % second homes and 3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.1 km SWFood shop — 5.9 km NEGP — 6.1 km NEBakery — 6.4 km NEPharmacy — 6.4 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 (Mamers): 6.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Rémy-des-Monts): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mamers): 6.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mamers): 6.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Courgains): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.1

Days at or below 0 °C 34.2

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 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COMMERVEIL_SAPC weather station, 3.8 km away at 105 m; the village itself is at 142 m. ^[11]

An average of 718 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COMMERVEIL_SAPC, 3.8 km away at 105 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72270/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72270/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72270/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72270/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72180
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72316
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72104
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
Domeyrat	43	419 km SE	176	19.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 55 %
La Pallu	53	49 km NW	171	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Nicodème	22	269 km W	167	14.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 84 %
Chalus	63	386 km SE	177	18.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 36 %
Bourg-le-Comte	71	356 km SE	168	14.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 51 %
Montaron	58	303 km SE	159	16.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Pallu	53	49 km NW	171	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Nicodème	22	269 km W	167	14.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 84 %
Montaron	58	303 km SE	159	16.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 64 %
Bourg-le-Comte	71	356 km SE	168	14.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 51 %
Chalus	63	386 km SE	177	18.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 36 %
Domeyrat	43	419 km SE	176	19.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 55 %

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