Souligné-sous-Ballon

Sarthe · CC Maine Coeur de Sarthe · INSEE 72340

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

Few services 26.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Souligné-sous-Ballon (INSEE 72340) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Maine Coeur de Sarthe. Population 1,244 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72340-souligne-sous-ballon

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 13,003 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.86	10	8.58
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SOULIGNE SOUS BALLON AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'ATYPIQUE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL POIRIER	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	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	SOULIGNE SOUS BALLON AP	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	L'ATYPIQUE	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	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: 849 2023: 1,244 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,154 (2012) → 1,244 (2023): 7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 916 (1990) → 1,244 (2023): 35.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 557, of which 2 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.7 km NGP — 4.2 km NPharmacy — 4.2 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 (Souligné-sous-Ballon): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ballon-Saint Mars): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ballon-Saint Mars): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ballon-Saint Mars): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Souligné-sous-Ballon): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.8

Days at or below 0 °C 58

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, 10.4 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 69 m. ^[10]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT MARCEAU, 9.6 km away at 55 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 — 72340/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72340/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72340/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72340/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72340
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72023
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
Pexiora	11	559 km S	1,266	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 45 %
Nuillé-sur-Vicoin	53	78 km W	1,247	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 57 %
Commer	53	65 km W	1,286	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 89 %
Bligny-lès-Beaune	21	367 km E	1,288	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Marcel	01	434 km SE	1,340	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 95 %
Montigné-le-Brillant	53	80 km W	1,366	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Commer	53	65 km W	1,286	25.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 89 %
Nuillé-sur-Vicoin	53	78 km W	1,247	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 57 %
Montigné-le-Brillant	53	80 km W	1,366	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 57 %
Bligny-lès-Beaune	21	367 km E	1,288	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Marcel	01	434 km SE	1,340	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 95 %
Pexiora	11	559 km S	1,266	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 45 %

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