Villaines-sous-Malicorne

Sarthe · CC du Pays Fléchois · INSEE 72377

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

Few services 38.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villaines-sous-Malicorne (INSEE 72377) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays Fléchois. Population 1,032 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 38.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 14,114 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.88
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.92	10	9.23
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA VILLANAISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'IDEE HALLES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA BELLE EPOQUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE MARRONNIER). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FLORIAN BARTOLACCI, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRA GOATER, MÉDECIN · MARIE DUTEIL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLAINES SOUS MALICORNE AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ESPACE CREA'TIF). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA VILLANAISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'IDEE HALLES	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	1	LA BELLE EPOQUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE MARRONNIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	FLORIAN BARTOLACCI, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRA GOATER, MÉDECIN · MARIE DUTEIL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [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	VILLAINES SOUS MALICORNE 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	1	ESPACE CREA'TIF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 745 2023: 1,032 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,029 (2012) → 1,032 (2023): 0.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 725 (1990) → 1,032 (2023): 42.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 444, of which 5.4 % second homes and 2.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 4.4 km SWPharmacy — 6.9 km S 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 (Villaines-sous-Malicorne): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Crosmières): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villaines-sous-Malicorne): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Flèche): 6.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Villaines-sous-Malicorne): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.3

Days at or below 0 °C 42.6

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the THOREE LES PINS weather station, 14.9 km away at 78 m; the village itself is at 82 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LUCHE-PRINGE, 15.1 km away at 92 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 751 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VILLAINES-SOUS-MALICORNE, 2.3 km away at 87 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72377/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72377/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72377/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72377/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72377
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72110
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72154
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
Sahurs	76	193 km NE	1,216	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Dampierre-en-Yvelines	78	186 km NE	1,008	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Sire-Nicole	59	414 km NE	1,009	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Mussig	67	569 km E	1,111	33.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Roppe	90	525 km E	1,041	47.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Vendeuil	02	333 km NE	923	38.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Dampierre-en-Yvelines	78	186 km NE	1,008	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sahurs	76	193 km NE	1,216	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Vendeuil	02	333 km NE	923	38.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Sire-Nicole	59	414 km NE	1,009	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 91 %
Roppe	90	525 km E	1,041	47.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Mussig	67	569 km E	1,111	33.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · 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 Villaines-sous-Malicorne'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
Sahurs	76	193 km NE	1,216	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Dampierre-en-Yvelines	78	186 km NE	1,008	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Oltingue	68	562 km E	695	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines	37	69 km E	873	59.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Cyr-sous-Dourdan	91	182 km NE	982	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Charentilly	37	62 km SE	1,365	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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