Souillé

Sarthe · CC Maine Coeur de Sarthe · INSEE 72338

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

Few services 32.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Souillé (INSEE 72338) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Maine Coeur de Sarthe. Population 797 (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 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 15,678 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'AME STRAM GRAM). ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	1	L'AME STRAM GRAM	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN-PHILIPPE CHABOT	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 210 2023: 797 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 686 (2012) → 797 (2023): 16.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 308 (1990) → 797 (2023): 158.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 294, of which 2.7 % second homes and 2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.1 km SEGP — 3.0 km SWPharmacy — 3.1 km SWFood shop — 3.2 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 (La Guierche): 1.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Bazoge): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Bazoge): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Souillé): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINT CORNEILLE weather station, 12.9 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 55 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 19.2 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAINT MARCEAU, 7.9 km away at 55 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 — 72338/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72338/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72338/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72338/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72147
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72289
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72024
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72338
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
Fauillet	47	411 km S	864	27.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Cambron	80	250 km NE	740	28.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Les Baux-Sainte-Croix	27	116 km NE	871	23.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps	33	349 km S	740	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Les Métairies	16	270 km S	707	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Sort-en-Chalosse	40	501 km S	885	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Baux-Sainte-Croix	27	116 km NE	871	23.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Cambron	80	250 km NE	740	28.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Les Métairies	16	270 km S	707	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps	33	349 km S	740	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Fauillet	47	411 km S	864	27.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Sort-en-Chalosse	40	501 km S	885	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Souillé'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
Fatines	72	15 km SE	929	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Préval	72	35 km E	656	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Parigny-les-Vaux	58	250 km SE	964	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Laps	63	359 km SE	601	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Chevagny-les-Chevrières	71	399 km SE	607	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Roset-Fluans	25	436 km E	599	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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