Saint-Symphorien

Sarthe · CC de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé · INSEE 72321

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

Few services 36.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Symphorien (INSEE 72321) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC de la Champagne Conlinoise et du Pays de Sillé. Population 509 (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 36.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,741 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.59	10	5.85
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA PETITE MIE D'OR). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (SUN ROCK). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA PETITE MIE D'OR	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	SUN ROCK	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SYMPHORIEN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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]
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: 611 2023: 509 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 564 (2012) → 509 (2023): -9.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 469 (1990) → 509 (2023): 8.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 287, of which 10.8 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.9 km NEGP — 8.7 km SPharmacy — 9.2 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-Symphorien): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tennie): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Loué): 8.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Loué): 9.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Symphorien): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.6

Days at or below 0 °C 40

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the EPINEU LE CHEVR weather station, 4.2 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 126 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ROUESSE-VASSE, 11.1 km away at 206 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 80 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 821 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at EPINEU LE CHEVR, 4.2 km away at 122 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 — 72321/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72321/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72321/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72321/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72321
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72351
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72168
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
Challonges	74	505 km SE	610	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bellencombre	76	207 km NE	564	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 96 %
Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle	76	238 km NE	583	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Monchy-Lagache	80	304 km NE	593	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Abancourt	60	227 km NE	569	35.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Villers	42	393 km SE	602	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bellencombre	76	207 km NE	564	38.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 96 %
Abancourt	60	227 km NE	569	35.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle	76	238 km NE	583	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Monchy-Lagache	80	304 km NE	593	32.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villers	42	393 km SE	602	38.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Challonges	74	505 km SE	610	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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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-Symphorien'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
Marray	37	79 km SE	496	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Coulongé	72	49 km SE	506	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Cœuvres-et-Valsery	02	278 km NE	467	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger-de-Montbrillais	86	111 km S	354	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Peyrus	26	532 km SE	576	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Leigné-les-Bois	86	159 km SE	547	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

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