Saint-Pierre-de-Chevillé

Sarthe · CC Loir-Lucé-Bercé · INSEE 72311

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

Few services 26.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Pierre-de-Chevillé (INSEE 72311) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Loir-Lucé-Bercé. Population 334 (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 26.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 18,024 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.55	10	5.47
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LES PETITS CITOYENS DE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT PIERRE DE CHEVILLE AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LES PETITS CITOYENS DE	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 PIERRE DE CHEVILLE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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: 429 2023: 334 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 369 (2012) → 334 (2023): -9.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 319 (1990) → 334 (2023): 4.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 218, of which 12.8 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 4.1 km SEFood shop — 4.3 km SEPharmacy — 6.0 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-Pierre-de-Chevillé): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Paterne-Racan): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Pierre-de-Chevillé): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.8

Days at or below 0 °C 37.8

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

Measured at the JUPILLES weather station, 16.5 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 79 m. ^[11]

The village sits 69 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

An average of 729 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTABON, 4.2 km away at 49 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72311/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72311/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72311/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72311/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72311
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37213
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37231
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
Hartennes-et-Taux	02	281 km NE	343	26.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %
Verdets	64	498 km S	300	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %
Dammartin-Marpain	39	386 km E	340	24.2	Few services	no figures
Apremont-la-Forêt	55	408 km E	427	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 30 %
Houdelaincourt	55	387 km E	281	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %
Stainville	55	370 km E	373	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hartennes-et-Taux	02	281 km NE	343	26.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %
Stainville	55	370 km E	373	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 99 %
Dammartin-Marpain	39	386 km E	340	24.2	Few services	no figures
Houdelaincourt	55	387 km E	281	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %
Apremont-la-Forêt	55	408 km E	427	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 30 %
Verdets	64	498 km S	300	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %

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