Saint-Ouen-en-Belin

Sarthe · CC Orée de Bercé - Belinois · INSEE 72306

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

Few services 31.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Ouen-en-Belin (INSEE 72306) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Orée de Bercé - Belinois. Population 1,313 (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 31.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).

Better served than 26 % of the 12,600 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.96	10	9.62
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

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

1 × Restaurant (L'AUDONIEN). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CLAIRE FONTAINE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT OUEN EN BELIN AP). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (CARRE-THOMAS MANUELLA). ^[4,3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPI FANY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	L'AUDONIEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CLAIRE FONTAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT OUEN EN BELIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	CARRE-THOMAS MANUELLA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 760 peak 2012: 1,333 2023: 1,313 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,333 (2012) → 1,313 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 898 (1990) → 1,313 (2023): 46.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 549, of which 1.5 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km NPharmacy — 3.7 km EGP — 4.1 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 (Laigné-Saint-Gervais): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Ouen-en-Belin): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Écommoy): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Écommoy): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Ouen-en-Belin): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.5

Days at or below 0 °C 37.5

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LE MANS weather station, 12.6 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 58 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 12.6 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 752 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ECOMMOY, 4.9 km away at 81 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72306/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72306/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72306/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72306/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72306
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72124
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
Leyment	01	441 km SE	1,441	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Lattier	38	489 km SE	1,486	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Sermérieu	38	463 km SE	1,638	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Grépiac	31	502 km S	1,017	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %
Villaines-les-Rochers	37	71 km S	1,051	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Saturnin	16	242 km S	1,284	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villaines-les-Rochers	37	71 km S	1,051	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Saturnin	16	242 km S	1,284	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Leyment	01	441 km SE	1,441	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Sermérieu	38	463 km SE	1,638	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Lattier	38	489 km SE	1,486	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Grépiac	31	502 km S	1,017	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 %

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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-Ouen-en-Belin'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
Villaines-les-Rochers	37	71 km S	1,051	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Courlaoux	39	417 km E	1,204	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Chançay	37	65 km SE	1,122	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Chevru	77	242 km NE	1,012	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine	44	144 km SW	1,251	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Lindry	89	240 km E	1,326	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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