Sceaux-sur-Huisne

Sarthe · CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise · INSEE 72331

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

Few services 39.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sceaux-sur-Huisne (INSEE 72331) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise. Population 587 (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 39.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 17,209 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.74	10	7.44
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Supermarket (LA CLEMENTINE 72). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE PANIER FLEURI). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFF'COEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LES CONFINS DU PERCHE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	LA CLEMENTINE 72	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	2	LE PANIER FLEURI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN FERRAT	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	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	1	COIFF'COEUR	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LES CONFINS DU PERCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 457 2023: 587 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 577 (2012) → 587 (2023): 1.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 472 (1990) → 587 (2023): 24.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 312, of which 5.8 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.0 km WGP — 5.4 km EPharmacy — 7.4 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 (Tuffé Val de la Chéronne): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sceaux-sur-Huisne): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Maixent): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Dollon): 7.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Sceaux-sur-Huisne): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.9

Days at or below 0 °C 40.9

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LE LUART weather station, 3.2 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 3.2 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 738 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE LUART-BARRE, 2.5 km away at 90 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72331/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72331/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72331/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72331/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72363
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72331
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72296
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72118
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
Péronne	71	369 km SE	668	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Dienné	86	185 km S	581	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Bouillé-Courdault	85	214 km SW	595	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Roullens	11	565 km S	588	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Rimaucourt	52	352 km E	609	33	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Bretignolles	79	165 km SW	592	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bretignolles	79	165 km SW	592	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Dienné	86	185 km S	581	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Bouillé-Courdault	85	214 km SW	595	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Rimaucourt	52	352 km E	609	33	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Péronne	71	369 km SE	668	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Roullens	11	565 km S	588	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Sceaux-sur-Huisne'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
Péronne	71	369 km SE	668	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bretignolles	79	165 km SW	592	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bouafles	27	136 km NE	628	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Petite-Boissière	79	169 km SW	616	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Courchamps	49	115 km SW	533	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Rosoy	60	197 km NE	622	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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