Saint-Vincent-des-Prés

Sarthe · CC Maine Saosnois · INSEE 72324

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

Few services 21.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Vincent-des-Prés (INSEE 72324) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Maine Saosnois. Population 502 (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 21.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 17,778 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.82	10	8.25
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE ATELIER · L'ETOILE DANS L'HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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	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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	COIFFURE ATELIER · L'ETOILE DANS L'HAIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 438 peak 2017: 513 2023: 502 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 512 (2012) → 502 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 379 (1990) → 502 (2023): 32.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 245, of which 11.4 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.7 km NEBakery — 1.8 km NEGP — 5.7 km NPharmacy — 6.1 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 (Saint-Rémy-des-Monts): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Rémy-des-Monts): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mamers): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Mamers): 6.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Vincent-des-Prés): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the COMMERVEIL_SAPC weather station, 3.2 km away at 105 m; the village itself is at 103 m. ^[11]

An average of 718 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COMMERVEIL_SAPC, 3.2 km away at 105 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 — 72324/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72324/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72324/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72324/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72316
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72180
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72324
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
Estouy	45	144 km E	508	19.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 84 %
Le Gault-Soigny	51	243 km E	503	21.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 %
Louversey	27	86 km NE	497	18.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 66 %
La Neuveville-devant-Lépanges	88	465 km E	493	22.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 46 %
Saint-Aubin-des-Préaux	50	150 km NW	488	23	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Brinay	18	180 km SE	490	16.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 72 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Louversey	27	86 km NE	497	18.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 66 %
Estouy	45	144 km E	508	19.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Aubin-des-Préaux	50	150 km NW	488	23	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Brinay	18	180 km SE	490	16.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 72 %
Le Gault-Soigny	51	243 km E	503	21.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 %
La Neuveville-devant-Lépanges	88	465 km E	493	22.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 46 %

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