Saint-Pierre-du-Lorouër

Sarthe · CC Loir-Lucé-Bercé · INSEE 72314

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

Few services 29.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Pierre-du-Lorouër (INSEE 72314) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Loir-Lucé-Bercé. Population 356 (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 29.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 18,059 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.68	10	6.83
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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 (LE FER A CHEVAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES P'TITS BOPPES). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST PIERRE DU LOROUER AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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	LE FER A CHEVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LES P'TITS BOPPES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	ST PIERRE DU LOROUER 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: 454 2023: 356 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 378 (2012) → 356 (2023): -5.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 301 (1990) → 356 (2023): 18.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 208, of which 11.5 % second homes and 13.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km EFood shop — 3.2 km EGP — 3.3 km EPharmacy — 3.3 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 (Courdemanche): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Courdemanche): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Courdemanche): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Courdemanche): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Pierre-du-Lorouër): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the JUPILLES weather station, 7.2 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 72 m. ^[10]

The village sits 76 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. ^[10]

An average of 789 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at JUPILLES, 7.2 km away at 148 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 — 72314/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72314/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72314/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72314/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72314
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
Billy-sur-Oisy	58	220 km E	381	25.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 77 %
Avrillé-les-Ponceaux	37	49 km S	479	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières	91	148 km NE	272	27	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 81 %
Metting	57	507 km E	410	35	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %
Cherbonnières	17	215 km S	347	18.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 99 %
Les Cabannes	81	430 km S	379	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Avrillé-les-Ponceaux	37	49 km S	479	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières	91	148 km NE	272	27	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 81 %
Cherbonnières	17	215 km S	347	18.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 99 %
Billy-sur-Oisy	58	220 km E	381	25.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 77 %
Les Cabannes	81	430 km S	379	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 93 %
Metting	57	507 km E	410	35	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %

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