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Vezot

Sarthe · CC Maine Saosnois · INSEE 72372

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

No daily shops 9.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vezot (INSEE 72372) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Maine Saosnois. Population 75 (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/72372-vezot

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 7,944 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 trend0.49104.87
Housing mix0.7153.54

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: 138 2023: 75 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 65 (2012) → 75 (2023): 15.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 76 (1990) → 75 (2023): -1.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 41, of which 14.6 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 4.0 km NW (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois)Pharmacy — 4.0 km NW (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois)Bakery — 4.2 km NW (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois)Primary school — 4.2 km NW (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois)Food shop — 4.3 km NW (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois)
GP — 4.0 km NWPharmacy — 4.0 km NWBakery — 4.2 km NWPrimary school — 4.2 km NWFood shop — 4.3 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 (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

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. [9]

Measured at the COMMERVEIL_SAPC weather station, 6.2 km away at 105 m; the village itself is at 148 m. [9]

An average of 718 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at COMMERVEIL_SAPC, 6.2 km away at 105 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72372/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72372/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72372/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72372/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72215
  9. 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
Le Cardonnois80214 km NE7515.9No daily shopsno figures
Loupmont55400 km E756.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 24 %
Besnans70456 km E7515.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 54 %
La Bretenière25459 km E7413.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 23 %
Sommerécourt52397 km E758.1No daily shopsno figures
Archon02319 km NE768.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 47 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Cardonnois80214 km NE7515.9No daily shopsno figures
Archon02319 km NE768.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 47 %
Sommerécourt52397 km E758.1No daily shopsno figures
Loupmont55400 km E756.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 24 %
Besnans70456 km E7515.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 54 %
La Bretenière25459 km E7413.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 23 %

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