Saint-Jean-d'Assé

Sarthe · CC Maine Coeur de Sarthe · INSEE 72290

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

Partly served 46.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Jean-d'Assé (INSEE 72290) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Maine Coeur de Sarthe. Population 1,790 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72290-saint-jean-d-asse

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 10,356 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	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.57

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 0 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) (PASTRY PARTY). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPI SERVICE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PIZZA FILOU). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BAR DES SPORTS). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (NUANCES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	PASTRY PARTY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPI SERVICE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	2	PIZZA FILOU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	BAR DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE GAGNEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [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 JEAN D ASSE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	NUANCES	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 1,223 2023: 1,790 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,608 (2012) → 1,790 (2023): 11.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,021 (1990) → 1,790 (2023): 75.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 783, of which 4.3 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 0.6 km EGP — 3.7 km EFood shop — 3.8 km EPharmacy — 3.8 km E 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-Jean-d'Assé): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-d'Assé): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.4

Days at or below 0 °C 47.9

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, 16.1 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 77 m. ^[10]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT MARCEAU, 2.9 km away at 55 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 — 72290/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72290/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72290/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72290/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72290
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72289
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
Vendrennes	85	174 km SW	1,799	44	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher	37	82 km SE	1,824	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne	01	422 km SE	1,637	48.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 99 %
Marles-en-Brie	77	213 km E	1,898	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude	11	587 km SE	2,118	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 62 %
Vairé	85	223 km SW	1,960	43.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 69 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher	37	82 km SE	1,824	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 %
Vendrennes	85	174 km SW	1,799	44	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 93 %
Marles-en-Brie	77	213 km E	1,898	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Vairé	85	223 km SW	1,960	43.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 69 %
Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne	01	422 km SE	1,637	48.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Nazaire-d'Aude	11	587 km SE	2,118	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 62 %

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Elsewhere

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