Saint-Georges-le-Gaultier

Identity

Saint-Georges-le-Gaultier (INSEE 72282) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles. Population 517 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72282-saint-georges-le-gaultier

Vitality score

Vitality score 19/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 17,723 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.

Services

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE ST GEORGES LE GAULTIER). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 520 (2012) → 517 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 575 (1990) → 517 (2023): -10.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 331, of which 7.3 % second homes and 18.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sougé-le-Ganelon): 6.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sougé-le-Ganelon): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Fresnay-sur-Sarthe): 9.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sougé-le-Ganelon): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Georges-le-Gaultier): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC weather station, 14.7 km away at 85 m; the village itself is at 148 m. ^[11]

The village sits 63 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ROUESSE-VASSE, 19.7 km away at 206 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 58 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 766 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT LEONARD D, 4.9 km away at 127 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72282/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72282/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72282/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72282/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72337
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72138
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72282
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024