Saint-Christophe-en-Champagne

Sarthe · CC LBN Communauté · INSEE 72274

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

No daily shops 14.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Christophe-en-Champagne (INSEE 72274) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC LBN Communauté. Population 218 (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 14.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 16,490 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	5	0
Population trend	0.77	10	7.75
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.42

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 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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”.

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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, 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	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	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	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 203 2023: 218 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 203 (2012) → 218 (2023): 7.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 171 (1990) → 218 (2023): 27.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 103, of which 5.8 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 2.7 km NWBakery — 3.2 km NPrimary school — 3.2 km NWPharmacy — 3.2 km NWGP — 3.7 km N 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 (Loué): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mareil-en-Champagne): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Loué): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Loué): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Loué): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.6

Days at or below 0 °C 40

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. ^[10]

Measured at the EPINEU LE CHEVR weather station, 8.4 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 91 m. ^[10]

An average of 745 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PIRMIL, 7.2 km away at 66 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 — 72274/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72274/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72274/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72274/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72168
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72184
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
Ramousies	59	387 km NE	220	9.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 85 %
Arboucave	40	485 km S	220	12.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 78 %
Canteloup	50	207 km NW	220	13	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 64 %
Villers-le-Tourneur	08	391 km NE	217	16.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Mareuil-en-Dôle	02	306 km NE	221	13.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 62 %
Flacey	21	400 km E	219	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 70 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Canteloup	50	207 km NW	220	13	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 64 %
Mareuil-en-Dôle	02	306 km NE	221	13.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 62 %
Ramousies	59	387 km NE	220	9.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 85 %
Villers-le-Tourneur	08	391 km NE	217	16.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 78 %
Flacey	21	400 km E	219	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 70 %
Arboucave	40	485 km S	220	12.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 78 %

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