Saint-Rémy-des-Monts

Sarthe · CC Maine Saosnois · INSEE 72316

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

Partly served 47.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Rémy-des-Monts (INSEE 72316) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Maine Saosnois. Population 713 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72316-saint-remy-des-monts

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 16,308 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	0.63	25	15.8
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	0.64	10	6.37
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.24

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 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) (AU FOURNIL DES MONTS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL BURET). ^[3]

1 × Supermarket (SAINT REMY DISTRIBUTION). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (HALBOUT DEBARRAS - BARBALBOUT). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT REMY DES MONTS AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COULEUR CANNELLE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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	AU FOURNIL DES MONTS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL BURET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	SAINT REMY DISTRIBUTION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	HALBOUT DEBARRAS - BARBALBOUT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1	SAINT REMY DES MONTS 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	1	COULEUR CANNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 563 2023: 713 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 676 (2012) → 713 (2023): 5.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 627 (1990) → 713 (2023): 13.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 356, of which 7.6 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.8 km NWPharmacy — 5.2 km NW 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-Rémy-des-Monts): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Rémy-des-Monts): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mamers): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Mamers): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.1

Days at or below 0 °C 34.2

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 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the COMMERVEIL_SAPC weather station, 3.5 km away at 105 m; the village itself is at 109 m. ^[10]

An average of 718 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at COMMERVEIL_SAPC, 3.5 km away at 105 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 — 72316/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72316/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72316/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72316/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72316
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72180
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
Saillenard	71	414 km SE	830	51.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 55 %
Vinzelles	71	400 km SE	758	60.5	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Vincent-du-Lorouër	72	54 km S	814	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 95 %
Bézenet	03	287 km SE	910	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 77 %
Sallenôves	74	495 km SE	849	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 46 %
Argagnon	64	546 km S	690	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 91 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Vincent-du-Lorouër	72	54 km S	814	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 95 %
Bézenet	03	287 km SE	910	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 77 %
Vinzelles	71	400 km SE	758	60.5	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 78 %
Saillenard	71	414 km SE	830	51.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 55 %
Sallenôves	74	495 km SE	849	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 46 %
Argagnon	64	546 km S	690	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 91 %

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Elsewhere

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