Saint-Pavace

Sarthe · CC Maine Coeur de Sarthe · INSEE 72310

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

Few services 31.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Pavace (INSEE 72310) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Maine Coeur de Sarthe. Population 2,007 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 31.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 9,615 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	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.68	10	6.82
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 2 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) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (POISSONNERIE HEURIPEAU). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (J PRENDS GOUT). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	POISSONNERIE HEURIPEAU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	J PRENDS GOUT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday matin place de l'Eglise face à la mairie. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 604 2023: 2,007 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,914 (2012) → 2,007 (2023): 4.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,698 (1990) → 2,007 (2023): 18.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 867, of which 1.3 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 0.8 km WPharmacy — 1.2 km SGP — 1.5 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 (Saint-Pavace): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (La Chapelle-Saint-Aubin): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Le Mans): 1.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Le Mans): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Pavace): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.4

Days at or below 0 °C 47.9

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ROUILLON weather station, 5.3 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 49 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 10.3 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 782 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ROUILLON, 5.3 km away at 90 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72310/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.saint-pavace.fr/vie-economique/marche-foodtrucks-vente-a-emporter/— “Le jeudi matin se tient le marché de Saint Pavace sur la place de l'Eglise face à la mairie.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72310/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72310/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72310/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72310
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72065
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72181
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
Courmelles	02	272 km NE	1,808	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Réau	77	191 km E	2,127	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-Nuelles	69	415 km SE	2,246	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Maubec	38	474 km SE	1,930	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léger-les-Vignes	44	175 km SW	2,171	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Andolsheim	68	537 km E	2,199	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Léger-les-Vignes	44	175 km SW	2,171	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Réau	77	191 km E	2,127	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Courmelles	02	272 km NE	1,808	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-Nuelles	69	415 km SE	2,246	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Maubec	38	474 km SE	1,930	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Andolsheim	68	537 km E	2,199	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Pavace'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
Courmelles	02	272 km NE	1,808	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Réau	77	191 km E	2,127	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Désir	14	123 km N	1,756	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Fontenay-le-Vicomte	91	173 km E	1,596	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Chalifert	77	213 km NE	1,584	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Verquigneul	62	328 km NE	1,978	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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