Torcé-en-Vallée

Sarthe · CC Le Gesnois Bilurien · INSEE 72359

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

Partly served 40.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Torcé-en-Vallée (INSEE 72359) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Le Gesnois Bilurien. Population 1,397 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 40.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 12,123 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL BY CASINO). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (A RENSEIGNER). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (TORCE EN VALLEE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (TORCADE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL BY CASINO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	A RENSEIGNER	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MARIE PAPE CARPENTIER	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	TORCE EN VALLEE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	TORCADE	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: 969 peak 2017: 1,409 2023: 1,397 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,330 (2012) → 1,397 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 784 (1990) → 1,397 (2023): 78.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 649, of which 6 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 2.7 km NWPharmacy — 3.0 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 (Torcé-en-Vallée): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Torcé-en-Vallée): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Beaufay): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Beaufay): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Torcé-en-Vallée): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINT CORNEILLE weather station, 7.2 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 89 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 15.8 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BONNETABLE, 4.9 km away at 106 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 — 72359/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72359/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72359/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72359/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72359
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72026
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
Sonzay	37	68 km S	1,410	41.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Brussieu	69	411 km SE	1,382	43.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Corbières-en-Provence	04	638 km SE	1,317	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-des-Prés	49	122 km SW	1,388	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Brue-Auriac	83	669 km SE	1,463	45.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Augustin-des-Bois	49	116 km SW	1,295	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sonzay	37	68 km S	1,410	41.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Augustin-des-Bois	49	116 km SW	1,295	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-des-Prés	49	122 km SW	1,388	45.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Brussieu	69	411 km SE	1,382	43.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Corbières-en-Provence	04	638 km SE	1,317	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Brue-Auriac	83	669 km SE	1,463	45.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Torcé-en-Vallée'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
Les Échelles	73	506 km SE	1,286	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Craintilleux	42	407 km SE	1,342	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Châtillon-la-Palud	01	439 km SE	1,698	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Mareau-aux-Prés	45	109 km E	1,669	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Plauzat	63	349 km SE	1,641	58.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Chappes	63	331 km SE	1,607	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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