Soulitré

Sarthe · CC Le Gesnois Bilurien · INSEE 72341

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

Few services 28.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soulitré (INSEE 72341) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Le Gesnois Bilurien. Population 597 (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 28.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 17,106 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	0.69	10	6.94
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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 × Restaurant (AZNAVOUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE RPI). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (MEL'ANGE COULEUR). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	1	AZNAVOUR	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE RPI	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	MEL'ANGE COULEUR	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: 475 peak 2007: 665 2023: 597 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 661 (2012) → 597 (2023): -9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 500 (1990) → 597 (2023): 19.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 282, of which 3.2 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.5 km EBakery — 1.6 km EPharmacy — 1.7 km EFood shop — 5.2 km NW 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 (Le Breil-sur-Mérize): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montfort-le-Gesnois): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Breil-sur-Mérize): 1.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Breil-sur-Mérize): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Soulitré): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the SAINT CORNEILLE weather station, 11.1 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 96 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 12.4 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 722 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOULOIRE, 4 km away at 134 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 — 72341/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72341/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72341/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72341/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72241
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72341
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
Granges	71	353 km E	581	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Chavigny-Bailleul	27	111 km NE	566	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-sur-Reyssouze	01	387 km SE	572	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 93 %
Hébécourt	80	240 km NE	576	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Rodelinghem	62	332 km N	558	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Labbeville	95	176 km NE	641	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chavigny-Bailleul	27	111 km NE	566	28.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Labbeville	95	176 km NE	641	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Hébécourt	80	240 km NE	576	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Rodelinghem	62	332 km N	558	32.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Granges	71	353 km E	581	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-sur-Reyssouze	01	387 km SE	572	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 93 %

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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 Soulitré'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
Granges	71	353 km E	581	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Ruvigny	10	278 km E	501	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
La Vergne	17	241 km S	611	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Eulien	51	336 km E	413	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-le-Bouchoux	01	409 km SE	409	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Kirrwiller	67	530 km E	533	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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