Villaines-la-Gonais

Sarthe · CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise · INSEE 72375

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

Few services 31.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villaines-la-Gonais (INSEE 72375) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays de l'Huisne Sarthoise. Population 510 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 31.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,754 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	0.49	20	9.82
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.7	10	7
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.37

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 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 somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'ECHOPPE DE CECILE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (NEDELCU FLORICICA · LE P'TIT BISTROT · ONZE · CHEZ MAXOU). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'ECHOPPE DE CECILE	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	4	NEDELCU FLORICICA · LE P'TIT BISTROT · ONZE · CHEZ MAXOU	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 294 peak 2017: 558 2023: 510 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 537 (2012) → 510 (2023): -5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 425 (1990) → 510 (2023): 20 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 271, of which 6.3 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 2.9 km WBakery — 5.9 km NEGP — 6.4 km NEPharmacy — 6.5 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 (Cherré-Au): 5.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villaines-la-Gonais): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Ferté-Bernard): 6.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Ferté-Bernard): 6.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Boëssé-le-Sec): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

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, 6.6 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 100 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 6.6 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 738 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE LUART-BARRE, 4.5 km away at 90 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72375/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72375/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72375/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72375/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72080
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72375
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72132
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72038
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
Porte-de-Benauge	33	390 km S	602	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Drouges	35	141 km W	502	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cyr-du-Doret	17	232 km SW	681	30.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 84 %
Wahlbach	68	506 km E	508	24.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Saugon	33	340 km S	504	38.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %
Beaumontel	27	107 km N	639	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beaumontel	27	107 km N	639	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Drouges	35	141 km W	502	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cyr-du-Doret	17	232 km SW	681	30.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 84 %
Saugon	33	340 km S	504	38.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 50 %
Porte-de-Benauge	33	390 km S	602	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Wahlbach	68	506 km E	508	24.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Villaines-la-Gonais'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
Drouges	35	141 km W	502	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Beaumontel	27	107 km N	639	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Caillouet-Orgeville	27	110 km NE	490	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Choisel	78	121 km NE	540	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-près-Sées	61	58 km NW	492	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Couesmes	37	66 km S	543	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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