Sougé-le-Ganelon

Sarthe · CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles · INSEE 72337

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

Partly served 50.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sougé-le-Ganelon (INSEE 72337) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Haute Sarthe Alpes Mancelles. Population 826 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72337-souge-le-ganelon

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 15,453 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0	10	0
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.64	10	6.42
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX SAVEURS DES ALPES). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA PLACE GOURMANDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA SOURCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COULEUR SOLEIL). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX SAVEURS DES ALPES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	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	LA PLACE GOURMANDE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA SOURCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	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	1	COULEUR SOLEIL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 856 peak 2007: 976 2023: 826 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 877 (2012) → 826 (2023): -5.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 723 (1990) → 826 (2023): 14.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 518, of which 5.4 % second homes and 16 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Pharmacy Primary school — 1.7 km EGP — 5.5 km SE 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 (Sougé-le-Ganelon): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sougé-le-Ganelon): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Fresnay-sur-Sarthe): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sougé-le-Ganelon): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Assé-le-Boisne): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.8

Days at or below 0 °C 45

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINT GERMAIN_SAPC weather station, 9.3 km away at 85 m; the village itself is at 152 m. ^[11]

The village sits 67 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

An average of 766 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT LEONARD D, 3.6 km away at 127 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 — 72337/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72337/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72337/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72337/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72337
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72138
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72011
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
Écouis	27	154 km NE	863	56	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Faverney	70	460 km E	980	54.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 69 %
Lembeye	64	541 km S	838	63.5	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 66 %
Ginestet	24	381 km S	762	50.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Joux	71	393 km SE	830	60.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 62 %
Cottance	42	432 km SE	755	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 84 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Écouis	27	154 km NE	863	56	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Ginestet	24	381 km S	762	50.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Joux	71	393 km SE	830	60.9	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 62 %
Cottance	42	432 km SE	755	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 84 %
Faverney	70	460 km E	980	54.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 69 %
Lembeye	64	541 km S	838	63.5	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 66 %

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