Vaas

Sarthe · CC Sud Sarthe · INSEE 72364

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

Partly served 43.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vaas (INSEE 72364) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Sud Sarthe. Population 1,371 (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/72364-vaas

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 12,241 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.38	10	3.77
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.64

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE-CHARCUTERIE QUILLARD). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVECO). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (GANG OF PIZZA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE BAR DES SPORTS · O CHIN CHIN). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DOINA COLTUNEAC, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CAYRON). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VAAS RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'COIFF CREATION). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE VEDAQUAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMP MUNICIPAL DU PORT LIBERGE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

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)	1	BOUCHERIE-CHARCUTERIE QUILLARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVECO	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	GANG OF PIZZA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE BAR DES SPORTS · O CHIN CHIN	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES PEUPLIERS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	DOINA COLTUNEAC, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE CAYRON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	VAAS RP	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'COIFF CREATION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LE VEDAQUAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMP MUNICIPAL DU PORT LIBERGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,673 2023: 1,371 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,541 (2012) → 1,371 (2023): -11 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,564 (1990) → 1,371 (2023): -12.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 970, of which 13.6 % second homes and 14.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Vaas): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vaas): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vaas): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vaas): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vaas): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.8

Days at or below 0 °C 46.4

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LE LUDE weather station, 13.1 km away at 58 m; the village itself is at 45 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LUCHE-PRINGE, 17.6 km away at 92 m, over 21 summers. ^[9]

An average of 729 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MONTABON, 6.9 km away at 49 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72364/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72364/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72364/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72364/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72364
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
Lanobre	15	301 km SE	1,351	55.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 43 %
Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat	15	348 km SE	1,527	54.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Fleurie	69	371 km SE	1,382	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Rosières	43	398 km SE	1,548	58.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Le Pizou	24	295 km S	1,428	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Germain-les-Belles	87	246 km S	1,150	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Germain-les-Belles	87	246 km S	1,150	49.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 85 %
Le Pizou	24	295 km S	1,428	50.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 %
Lanobre	15	301 km SE	1,351	55.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 43 %
Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat	15	348 km SE	1,527	54.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Fleurie	69	371 km SE	1,382	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Rosières	43	398 km SE	1,548	58.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · 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 Vaas'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
Bellenaves	03	266 km SE	983	65.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Triguères	45	202 km E	1,259	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Thorigny-sur-Oreuse	89	240 km E	1,396	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Provenchères-et-Colroy	88	508 km E	1,283	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Pouilly-sur-Loire	58	203 km E	1,635	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Le Rouget-Pers	15	346 km SE	1,297	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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