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Thoigné

Sarthe · CC Maine Saosnois · INSEE 72354

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 13.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Thoigné (INSEE 72354) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Maine Saosnois. Population 165 (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/72354-thoigne

Vitality score

Vitality score 13.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 14,807 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.75107.5
Housing mix0.8654.3

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 213 2023: 165 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 163 (2012) → 165 (2023): 1.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 132 (1990) → 165 (2023): 25 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 86, of which 7 % second homes and 10.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.0 km E (Courgains)GP — 5.8 km SE (Marolles-les-Braults)Food shop — 6.0 km SE (Marolles-les-Braults)Bakery — 6.1 km SE (Marolles-les-Braults)Pharmacy — 6.1 km SE (Marolles-les-Braults)
Primary school — 2.0 km EGP — 5.8 km SEFood shop — 6.0 km SEBakery — 6.1 km SEPharmacy — 6.1 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 (Marolles-les-Braults): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Marolles-les-Braults): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Marolles-les-Braults): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Marolles-les-Braults): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Courgains): 2 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the COMMERVEIL_SAPC weather station, 7.9 km away at 105 m; the village itself is at 115 m. [10]

An average of 718 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at COMMERVEIL_SAPC, 7.9 km away at 105 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72354/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72354/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72354/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72354/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72189
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72104
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Viocourt88415 km E16513.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 66 %
Villars-et-Villenotte21319 km E16613.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 65 %
Courcelles-sous-Moyencourt80214 km NE16413.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 %
Moyencourt-lès-Poix80213 km NE16511.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 %
Vaudeville54440 km E16612No daily shopsno figures
Gombergean4194 km SE16712.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gombergean4194 km SE16712.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 86 %
Moyencourt-lès-Poix80213 km NE16511.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 %
Courcelles-sous-Moyencourt80214 km NE16413.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 %
Villars-et-Villenotte21319 km E16613.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 65 %
Viocourt88415 km E16513.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 66 %
Vaudeville54440 km E16612No daily shopsno figures

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