Sillé-le-Philippe

Sarthe · CC Le Gesnois Bilurien · INSEE 72335

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

Partly served 40.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sillé-le-Philippe (INSEE 72335) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Le Gesnois Bilurien. Population 1,085 (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 40.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 13,843 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.85	10	8.51
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPI SERVICE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE RENDEZ-VOUS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (KIM LAN DISCOTHEQUE). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SILLE LE PHILIPPE AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (L'UNIVERS DE PAULINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CASTELS CAMPING CHÂTEAU DE CHANTELOUP (5*)). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPI SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LE RENDEZ-VOUS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	KIM LAN DISCOTHEQUE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE LANGLAIS	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	SILLE LE PHILIPPE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	L'UNIVERS DE PAULINE	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CASTELS CAMPING CHÂTEAU DE CHANTELOUP (5*)	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 654 peak 2012: 1,095 2023: 1,085 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,095 (2012) → 1,085 (2023): -0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 803 (1990) → 1,085 (2023): 35.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 505, of which 4.4 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.5 km NPharmacy — 4.5 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 (Sillé-le-Philippe): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sillé-le-Philippe): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Beaufay): 4.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Beaufay): 4.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sillé-le-Philippe): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.8

Days at or below 0 °C 58

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 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 85 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 18.1 km away at 112 m, over 20 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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72335/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72335/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72335/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72335/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72335
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72026
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
Saint-Magne	33	405 km S	1,260	46.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 95 %
Broué	28	112 km NE	837	50.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Anglade	33	331 km S	887	52.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Martin-Lalande	11	550 km S	1,107	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 51 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Menoux	03	271 km SE	1,116	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Boulleret	18	203 km E	1,397	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Broué	28	112 km NE	837	50.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Boulleret	18	203 km E	1,397	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Menoux	03	271 km SE	1,116	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Anglade	33	331 km S	887	52.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 50 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Magne	33	405 km S	1,260	46.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 95 %
Saint-Martin-Lalande	11	550 km S	1,107	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 51 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Sillé-le-Philippe'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
Saint-Menoux	03	271 km SE	1,116	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Boulleret	18	203 km E	1,397	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lavoux	86	169 km S	1,192	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Ygrande	03	261 km SE	762	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Molles	03	329 km SE	904	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Garnat-sur-Engièvre	03	298 km SE	653	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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