Voivres-lès-le-Mans

Sarthe · CC du Val de Sarthe · INSEE 72381

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

Few services 38.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Voivres-lès-le-Mans (INSEE 72381) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC du Val de Sarthe. Population 1,345 (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 38.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 12,407 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL ENCHANTE · LA MIE DES SENS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (EPIC PIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE 107). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE CATHERINE PAYSAN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ATTEN'TIF). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE FOURNIL ENCHANTE · LA MIE DES SENS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	EPIC PIZZA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE 107	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES VALLEES	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE CATHERINE PAYSAN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	ATTEN'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: 600 peak 2017: 1,377 2023: 1,345 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,277 (2012) → 1,345 (2023): 5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 773 (1990) → 1,345 (2023): 74 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 551, of which 1.3 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.1 km NPharmacy — 3.2 km NGP — 3.4 km N 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 (Voivres-lès-le-Mans): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Étival-lès-le-Mans): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Étival-lès-le-Mans): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Étival-lès-le-Mans): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Voivres-lès-le-Mans): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.5

Days at or below 0 °C 37.5

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE MANS weather station, 9.2 km away at 51 m; the village itself is at 62 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LE MANS, 9.2 km away at 51 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SOULIGNE FLACE, 5.7 km away at 64 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 — 72381/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72381/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72381/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72381/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72381
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72127
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
Heuringhem	62	347 km NE	1,389	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Mons	33	376 km S	1,240	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 29 %
Scientrier	74	514 km E	1,273	44.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Montjoire	31	476 km S	1,243	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 73 %
Saint-Donan	22	227 km W	1,477	34.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin-en-Bray	60	212 km NE	1,174	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Aubin-en-Bray	60	212 km NE	1,174	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Donan	22	227 km W	1,477	34.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Heuringhem	62	347 km NE	1,389	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Mons	33	376 km S	1,240	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 29 %
Montjoire	31	476 km S	1,243	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 73 %
Scientrier	74	514 km E	1,273	44.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 41 % · 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 Voivres-lès-le-Mans'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
Berry-Bouy	18	190 km SE	1,168	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Soulaines-sur-Aubance	49	77 km SW	1,329	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Mignières	28	111 km NE	1,163	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Anneville-Ambourville	76	181 km N	1,153	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Blaison-Saint-Sulpice	49	68 km SW	1,337	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Chuisnes	28	102 km NE	1,126	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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