Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte

Sarthe · CC Sud Sarthe · INSEE 72291

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

Few services 38.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte (INSEE 72291) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Sud Sarthe. Population 955 (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 38.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 14,609 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.67	10	6.72
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (SUPPRIME). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE SAINT JEAN). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT JEAN DE LA MOTTE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	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	1	SUPPRIME	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE SAINT JEAN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES TROIS MOUTONS	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 DE LA MOTTE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 873 peak 2017: 968 2023: 955 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 879 (2012) → 955 (2023): 8.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 815 (1990) → 955 (2023): 17.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 533, of which 10.7 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 4.5 km SFood shop — 4.6 km SBakery — 4.7 km SPharmacy — 4.7 km S 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 (Luché-Pringé): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Luché-Pringé): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Luché-Pringé): 4.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Luché-Pringé): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-de-la-Motte): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.8

Days at or below 0 °C 30.6

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LUCHE-PRINGE weather station, 4.1 km away at 92 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 LUCHE-PRINGE, 4.1 km away at 92 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 658 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LUCHE-PRINGE, 4.1 km away at 92 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 — 72291/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72291/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72291/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72291/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72175
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72291
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
Muel	35	170 km W	927	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-des-Landes	53	100 km NW	923	39	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Leuhan	29	289 km W	846	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Plounérin	22	282 km W	798	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Courcemont	72	53 km NE	664	38.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 74 %
Thourie	35	115 km W	868	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Courcemont	72	53 km NE	664	38.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Pierre-des-Landes	53	100 km NW	923	39	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Thourie	35	115 km W	868	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Muel	35	170 km W	927	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Plounérin	22	282 km W	798	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Leuhan	29	289 km W	846	37.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %

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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-Jean-de-la-Motte'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
Thourie	35	115 km W	868	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jal	19	288 km SE	594	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Tréal	56	171 km W	699	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Archigny	86	127 km S	1,058	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Salon-la-Tour	19	273 km SE	681	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Monteneuf	56	170 km W	763	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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