Saint-Marceau

Sarthe · CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles · INSEE 72297

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

Few services 35.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Marceau (INSEE 72297) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles. Population 530 (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 35.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,639 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.84	10	8.42
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		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	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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	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 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: 474 peak 2017: 560 2023: 530 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 496 (2012) → 530 (2023): 6.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 395 (1990) → 530 (2023): 34.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 283, of which 12.4 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 4.8 km SEFood shop — 5.0 km SEPharmacy — 5.0 km SE 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-Marceau): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Marceau): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14

Days at or below 0 °C 41.3

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC weather station, 13.8 km away at 85 m; the village itself is at 65 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, 0.5 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 — 72297/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72297/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72297/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72297/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72297
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
Tilly	78	132 km NE	530	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %
Philippsbourg	57	554 km E	613	38.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 26 %
Beauchamps	50	131 km NW	441	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 100 %
Argilly	21	386 km E	542	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 59 %
Brû	88	486 km E	567	33.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 53 %
Saint-Pey-de-Castets	33	375 km S	588	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beauchamps	50	131 km NW	441	38.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 100 %
Tilly	78	132 km NE	530	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Pey-de-Castets	33	375 km S	588	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 %
Argilly	21	386 km E	542	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 59 %
Brû	88	486 km E	567	33.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 53 %
Philippsbourg	57	554 km E	613	38.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 26 %

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