Saint-Rémy-du-Val

Sarthe · CC Maine Saosnois · INSEE 72317

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

No daily shops 19.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Rémy-du-Val (INSEE 72317) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Maine Saosnois. Population 493 (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/72317-saint-remy-du-val

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 17,768 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.47	10	4.72
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.08

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA POMME D'OR). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	LA POMME D'OR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	SAINT REMY DU VAL 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	LE SALON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 587 2023: 493 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 554 (2012) → 493 (2023): -11 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 507 (1990) → 493 (2023): -2.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 306, of which 9.2 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

GP — 2.8 km NPharmacy — 2.8 km NBakery — 3.0 km NPrimary school — 3.0 km NFood shop — 3.1 km N 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 (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.5

Days at or below 0 °C 38.3

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the COMMERVEIL_SAPC weather station, 8.2 km away at 105 m; the village itself is at 166 m. ^[9]

The village sits 61 m above 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. ^[9]

An average of 823 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ANCINNES, 6.3 km away at 179 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72317/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72317/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72317/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72317/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72215
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
Bailly-en-Rivière	76	191 km NE	510	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 %
Montpeyroux	24	382 km S	496	27.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 88 %
Crouay	14	128 km NW	510	22	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 88 %
Étricourt-Manancourt	80	273 km NE	510	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %
La Bauche	73	526 km SE	542	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 47 %
Saint-Adjutory	16	288 km S	503	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Crouay	14	128 km NW	510	22	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 88 %
Bailly-en-Rivière	76	191 km NE	510	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 %
Étricourt-Manancourt	80	273 km NE	510	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Adjutory	16	288 km S	503	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 86 %
Montpeyroux	24	382 km S	496	27.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 88 %
La Bauche	73	526 km SE	542	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 47 %

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Elsewhere

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