Savigné-l'Évêque

Sarthe · CC Le Gesnois Bilurien · INSEE 72329

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

Partly served 46.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Savigné-l'Évêque (INSEE 72329) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Le Gesnois Bilurien. Population 4,031 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72329-savigne-l-eveque

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 5,593 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	0.38	25	9.52
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.52	10	5.24
Public & culture	0.31	5	1.54
Population trend	0.63	10	6.27
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MIETTE DE PAIN · LES MAITRES DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

3 × Supermarket (FRAIS MALIN DESTOCKAGE · PROXI SUPER · CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA PROVENCALE · L'ARROSOIR). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE PARI). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE POMME D'API). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE SAINT GERMAIN DDEC). ^[3]

7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALICE MAUDET, MÉDECIN · ALAIN LACHIVER, MÉDECIN · MARIE-CHRISTINE JAHAN-DARQUEY, MÉDECIN · JACQUES RACAULT, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIANE RACAULT-PRUD'HOMME, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LABARRIERE CHEYMOL). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (SAVIGNE L EVEQUE LPP RP · SAVIGNE L EVEQUE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LES COMMUNS DU ROCHER). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Bank (AGENCE DE SAVIGNE L'EVEQUE). ^[3]

8 × Hairdresser (ALOHA COIFFURE · AMBIANCE COIFF' · STYLE LIGNE COIFFURE · MARINA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA MIETTE DE PAIN · LES MAITRES DU PAIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	3	FRAIS MALIN DESTOCKAGE · PROXI SUPER · CARREFOUR MARKET	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	LA PROVENCALE · L'ARROSOIR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE PARI	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE POMME D'API	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE SAINT GERMAIN DDEC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	7	ALICE MAUDET, MÉDECIN · ALAIN LACHIVER, MÉDECIN · MARIE-CHRISTINE JAHAN-DARQUEY, MÉDECIN · JACQUES RACAULT, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIANE RACAULT-PRUD'HOMME, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 7 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LABARRIERE CHEYMOL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	SAVIGNE L EVEQUE LPP RP · SAVIGNE L EVEQUE AP	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LES COMMUNS DU ROCHER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	AGENCE DE SAVIGNE L'EVEQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	8	ALOHA COIFFURE · AMBIANCE COIFF' · STYLE LIGNE COIFFURE · MARINA COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday de 9 h à 12h Place du Général de Gaulle. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,933 peak 2007: 4,043 2023: 4,031 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,009 (2012) → 4,031 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 3,576 (1990) → 4,031 (2023): 12.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,919, of which 1.4 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Savigné-l'Évêque): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Savigné-l'Évêque): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Savigné-l'Évêque): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Savigné-l'Évêque): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Savigné-l'Évêque): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.8

Days at or below 0 °C 58

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINT CORNEILLE weather station, 3.2 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 62 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 16.7 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 768 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT CORNEILLE, 3.2 km away at 62 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72329/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.savigneleveque.fr/le-marche/— “Depuis octobre 2006, le marché a lieu le jeudi matin de 9 h à 12h place du Général de Gaulle.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72329/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72329/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72329/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72329
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
Boos	76	160 km NE	3,975	51	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Suippes	51	332 km E	3,938	51.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain-le-Puy	42	404 km SE	4,142	54.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Lherm	31	522 km S	3,880	51.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans	25	490 km E	3,912	44.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bollwiller	68	519 km E	4,184	48.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Boos	76	160 km NE	3,975	51	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Suippes	51	332 km E	3,938	51.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Romain-le-Puy	42	404 km SE	4,142	54.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans	25	490 km E	3,912	44.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bollwiller	68	519 km E	4,184	48.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lherm	31	522 km S	3,880	51.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Savigné-l'Évêque'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
Bollwiller	68	519 km E	4,184	48.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Betschdorf	67	567 km E	4,231	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Apprieu	38	496 km SE	3,615	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Niederbronn-les-Bains	67	549 km E	4,347	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Selles-sur-Cher	41	129 km SE	4,184	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Givry	71	364 km E	3,598	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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