Vibraye

Sarthe · CC des Vallées de la Braye et de l'Anille · INSEE 72373

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

Partly served 58.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vibraye (INSEE 72373) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC des Vallées de la Braye et de l'Anille. Population 2,523 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72373-vibraye

Vitality score

Vitality score 58.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 8,190 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	0.65	25	16.23
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.47	10	4.67
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX GOURMANDISES VIBRAYSIENNES · G&M · AU TEMPS DES PAINS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (PNG TRAITEUR). ^[3]

3 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS · SARL YAEL · CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (L'ESCALE · LE RELAIS DU CHAPEAU ROUGE · ROYAL KEBAB · A TABLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DES SPORTS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CATHERINE PAYSAN). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE GABRIEL GOUSSAULT). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THIBURCE MONSEGU, MÉDECIN · ALAIN FRANCOIS, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS MARCHAND, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (PARC DES SPORTS). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU CENTRE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUT AGRIC DU CTRE · AGENCE DE VIBRAYE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (VIBR'HAIR · SALON ELEGANCE · LES CISEAUX D'EMILIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (LE RELAIS DU CHAPEAU ROUGE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	AUX GOURMANDISES VIBRAYSIENNES · G&M · AU TEMPS DES PAINS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	PNG TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	3	CARREFOUR EXPRESS · SARL YAEL · CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	L'ESCALE · LE RELAIS DU CHAPEAU ROUGE · ROYAL KEBAB · A TABLE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BAR DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CATHERINE PAYSAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE GABRIEL GOUSSAULT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	THIBURCE MONSEGU, MÉDECIN · ALAIN FRANCOIS, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS MARCHAND, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE GASTON CHEVREAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	PARC DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU CENTRE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUT AGRIC DU CTRE · AGENCE DE VIBRAYE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	4	VIBR'HAIR · SALON ELEGANCE · LES CISEAUX D'EMILIE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	LE RELAIS DU CHAPEAU ROUGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	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: 2,296 peak 2007: 2,631 2023: 2,523 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,607 (2012) → 2,523 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,609 (1990) → 2,523 (2023): -3.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,500, of which 6.1 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP Primary school — 0.5 km NPharmacy — 6.3 km NE 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 (Vibraye): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Vibraye): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montmirail): 6.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vibraye): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the LE LUART weather station, 11 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 121 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 11 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 750 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BERFAY, 7.3 km away at 158 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 — 72373/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72373/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72373/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72373/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72373
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72208
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-Médard-de-Guizières	33	344 km S	2,438	60.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Grand-Fougeray	35	188 km W	2,584	66.9	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Caumont-sur-Aure	14	161 km NW	2,431	60	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Périers	50	201 km NW	2,376	69.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Condette	62	296 km N	2,443	58.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Morbier	39	433 km E	2,456	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Caumont-sur-Aure	14	161 km NW	2,431	60	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Grand-Fougeray	35	188 km W	2,584	66.9	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Périers	50	201 km NW	2,376	69.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Condette	62	296 km N	2,443	58.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Médard-de-Guizières	33	344 km S	2,438	60.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Morbier	39	433 km E	2,456	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 15 % · 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 Vibraye'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
Revigny-sur-Ornain	55	325 km E	2,499	58.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Sarre-Union	67	478 km E	2,731	71.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bouloire	72	17 km SW	2,127	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Loiron-Ruillé	53	124 km W	2,758	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Auneuil	60	173 km NE	2,898	55	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Malestroit	56	234 km W	2,558	73	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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