Tuffé Val de la Chéronne

Sarthe · CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise · INSEE 72363

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

Partly served 43.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Tuffé Val de la Chéronne (INSEE 72363) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise. Population 1,680 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Saint-Hilaire-le-Lierru (72288). ^[3]

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 43.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 55 % of the 10,788 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	0.47	25	11.83
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	0.68	10	6.8
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 2 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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. ^[4,5]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA GOURMANDISE). ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (L'ESCALE SARTHOISE). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCI MARKET). ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (CHRISTOPHER MECHOUI BUFFET FROID). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar. ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE FERNAND LORIOT). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (TUFFE VAL DE LA CHERONNE AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE TUFFÉ VAL DE LA CHÉRONNE). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS COMMUNAUTAIRE DE L HUISNE SARTHOISE TUFFE). ^[4]

1 × Swimming pool (BASE DE LOISIRS DE TUFFE). ^[4]

4 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE DOROTHEE · A' PAULINE'HAIR · LN INTUI'TIF). ^[4,5]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU LAC). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA GOURMANDISE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	L'ESCALE SARTHOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COCCI MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	CHRISTOPHER MECHOUI BUFFET FROID	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE FERNAND LORIOT	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	TUFFE VAL DE LA CHERONNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE TUFFÉ VAL DE LA CHÉRONNE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES SPORTS COMMUNAUTAIRE DE L HUISNE SARTHOISE TUFFE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	1	BASE DE LOISIRS DE TUFFE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	4	COIFFURE DOROTHEE · A' PAULINE'HAIR · LN INTUI'TIF	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU LAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,596 peak 2012: 1,778 2023: 1,680 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,778 (2012) → 1,680 (2023): -5.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,424 (1990) → 1,680 (2023): 18 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 923, of which 5.9 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 6.2 km SGP — 8.2 km S 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 (Tuffé Val de la Chéronne): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Tuffé Val de la Chéronne): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Thorigné-sur-Dué): 8.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Connerré): 6.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Tuffé Val de la Chéronne): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.9

Days at or below 0 °C 40.9

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LE LUART weather station, 6.7 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 86 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 6.7 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 706 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE LUART, 6.7 km away at 112 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72363/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72363/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72363/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72363/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72363
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72358
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72090
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
Saint-Malô-du-Bois	85	169 km SW	1,612	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Épinouze	26	458 km SE	1,531	55	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Cublize	69	374 km SE	1,360	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-en-Coglès	35	136 km W	2,096	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Reugny	37	75 km S	1,759	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Viels-Maisons	02	229 km NE	1,192	43.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Reugny	37	75 km S	1,759	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-en-Coglès	35	136 km W	2,096	41.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Malô-du-Bois	85	169 km SW	1,612	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Viels-Maisons	02	229 km NE	1,192	43.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Cublize	69	374 km SE	1,360	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Épinouze	26	458 km SE	1,531	55	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 99 % · humidity 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 Tuffé Val de la Chéronne'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
Saint-Malô-du-Bois	85	169 km SW	1,612	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Reugny	37	75 km S	1,759	51.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Malicorne-sur-Sarthe	72	56 km SW	1,854	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ouën-des-Toits	53	106 km W	1,785	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
La Grigonnais	44	176 km W	1,828	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher	37	69 km S	1,824	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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