Vion

Sarthe · CC du Pays Sabolien · INSEE 72378

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

Few services 36.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vion (INSEE 72378) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Pays Sabolien. Population 1,366 (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 36.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 12,276 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.92	10	9.16
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LE COMPTOIR DU BOEUF · LA LOCO GRILL · LE PETIT VIONNAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES TILLEULS). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (CAMPANILE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	4	LE COMPTOIR DU BOEUF · LA LOCO GRILL · LE PETIT VIONNAIS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES TILLEULS	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	VION 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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	CAMPANILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 739 peak 2017: 1,448 2023: 1,366 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,447 (2012) → 1,366 (2023): -5.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 965 (1990) → 1,366 (2023): 41.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 591, of which 1.5 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.1 km NBakery — 4.0 km NEGP — 4.0 km NEPharmacy — 4.0 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 (Parcé-sur-Sarthe): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vion): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Parcé-sur-Sarthe): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Parcé-sur-Sarthe): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vion): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.2

Days at or below 0 °C 40.2

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 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SABLE SUR SARTH weather station, 5.3 km away at 41 m; the village itself is at 48 m. ^[10]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SABLE SUR SARTH, 5.3 km away at 41 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 — 72378/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72378/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72378/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72378/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72228
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72378
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-Clair	07	470 km SE	1,348	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 99 %
La Magdelaine-sur-Tarn	31	467 km S	1,254	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 84 %
Salagnon	38	489 km SE	1,508	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 100 %
Bretagne-de-Marsan	40	442 km S	1,618	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 95 %
Francheleins	01	429 km SE	1,597	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 61 %
Catenoy	60	266 km NE	1,125	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 73 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Catenoy	60	266 km NE	1,125	25.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 73 %
Francheleins	01	429 km SE	1,597	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 61 %
Bretagne-de-Marsan	40	442 km S	1,618	30.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 95 %
La Magdelaine-sur-Tarn	31	467 km S	1,254	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Clair	07	470 km SE	1,348	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 99 %
Salagnon	38	489 km SE	1,508	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 100 %

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