Saint-Georges-du-Bois

Sarthe · CU Le Mans Métropole · INSEE 72280

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

Partly served 53.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Georges-du-Bois (INSEE 72280) is in Sarthe (72), part of CU Le Mans Métropole. Population 2,285 (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/72280-saint-georges-du-bois

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 8,769 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.66	10	6.56
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.91	10	9.06
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.95

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 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MAISON DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (GEORDIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE P'TIT SAINT GEORGES · L'IMPREVU). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE TROMPE SOURIS). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BENJAMIN CARRARA, MÉDECIN · MANOEL LETESSIER, MÉDECIN · THIERRY NAYAGOM, MÉDECIN · FLORENCE MOREAU-CORDIER, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE BARRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE À PLEINE PAGE ESPACE CULTUREL). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (CHARLOTTE S'EN MELE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy.

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)	1	LA MAISON DU PAIN	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	1	GEORDIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE P'TIT SAINT GEORGES · L'IMPREVU	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE TROMPE SOURIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	BENJAMIN CARRARA, MÉDECIN · MANOEL LETESSIER, MÉDECIN · THIERRY NAYAGOM, MÉDECIN · FLORENCE MOREAU-CORDIER, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE BARRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT GEORGES DU BOIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE À PLEINE PAGE ESPACE CULTUREL	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	1	CHARLOTTE S'EN MELE	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: 578 2023: 2,285 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,934 (2012) → 2,285 (2023): 18.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,625 (1990) → 2,285 (2023): 40.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 985, of which 0.5 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 0.5 km EPharmacy — 2.0 km SW 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-Georges-du-Bois): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Georges-du-Bois): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Georges-du-Bois): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Étival-lès-le-Mans): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Georges-du-Bois): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.4

Days at or below 0 °C 47.9

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ROUILLON weather station, 4.6 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 81 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 7.6 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 782 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ROUILLON, 4.6 km away at 90 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 — 72280/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72280/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72280/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72280/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72280
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72127
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
Aumetz	57	458 km NE	2,418	53.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 43 %
Mouzon	08	407 km NE	2,229	49.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Montreuil-sur-Ille	35	137 km W	2,420	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Urt	64	510 km S	2,346	56.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %
Villers-Outréaux	59	327 km NE	2,117	56.8	Partly served	no figures
Bourg	33	330 km S	2,244	55.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montreuil-sur-Ille	35	137 km W	2,420	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Outréaux	59	327 km NE	2,117	56.8	Partly served	no figures
Bourg	33	330 km S	2,244	55.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %
Mouzon	08	407 km NE	2,229	49.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Aumetz	57	458 km NE	2,418	53.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 43 %
Urt	64	510 km S	2,346	56.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Saint-Georges-du-Bois'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
Montreuil-sur-Ille	35	137 km W	2,420	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Flesselles	80	276 km NE	1,937	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Écouché-les-Vallées	61	85 km N	2,193	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Croisilles	62	320 km NE	1,939	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Ribemont	02	319 km NE	1,931	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Avesnes-le-Comte	62	311 km NE	1,840	56.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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