Vancé

Sarthe · CC des Vallées de la Braye et de l'Anille · INSEE 72368

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

Few services 23.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vancé (INSEE 72368) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC des Vallées de la Braye et de l'Anille. Population 283 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/72368-vance

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)).

Better served than 59 % of the 17,659 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.35	10	3.52
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.12

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARCEL PAGNOL). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VANCE AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARCEL PAGNOL	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	VANCE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 541 2023: 283 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 334 (2012) → 283 (2023): -15.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 332 (1990) → 283 (2023): -14.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 234, of which 18.8 % second homes and 14.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.3 km SEBakery — 5.7 km NGP — 6.4 km WPharmacy — 6.4 km W 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 (Sainte-Cérotte): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Loir en Vallée): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Courdemanche): 6.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Courdemanche): 6.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vancé): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.4

Days at or below 0 °C 31.9

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the TRESSON_SAPC weather station, 8.9 km away at 154 m; the village itself is at 100 m. ^[12]

The village sits 54 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

An average of 717 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at TRESSON_SAPC, 8.9 km away at 154 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Bakery (boulangerie)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72368/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72368/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72368/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72368/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72272
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72262
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72103
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72368
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-Jean-d'Hérans	38	513 km SE	318	29	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 14 %
Rilhac-Xaintrie	19	319 km S	303	21.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 43 %
Saint-Pardoux-le-Vieux	19	277 km SE	293	24.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 14 %
Jalognes	18	174 km E	264	18.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 74 %
Le Ségur	81	428 km S	259	23	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 93 %
Aghione	2B	938 km SE	258	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 84 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Jalognes	18	174 km E	264	18.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Pardoux-le-Vieux	19	277 km SE	293	24.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 14 %
Rilhac-Xaintrie	19	319 km S	303	21.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 43 %
Le Ségur	81	428 km S	259	23	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 69 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Jean-d'Hérans	38	513 km SE	318	29	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 14 %
Aghione	2B	938 km SE	258	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 84 %

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