Val-de-la-Hune

Identity

Val-de-la-Hune (INSEE 72382) is in Sarthe (72), part of CC Le Gesnois Bilurien. Population 1,521 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2025-01-01 from 1 former commune: Saint-Mars-de-Locquenay (72298). ^[3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/72382-val-de-la-hune

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 1 % of the 11,526 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.

Services

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VOLNAY AP). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (JODEAU KATHY · EI LAMELIE COIFFEUSE A DOMICILE). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 1,402 (2012) → 1,521 (2023): 8.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,014 (1990) → 1,521 (2023): 50 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 725, of which 10.5 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Challes): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Challes): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Grand-Lucé): 7.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Grand-Lucé): 7.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Challes): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 33 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TRESSON_SAPC weather station, 8.5 km away at 154 m; the village itself is at 102 m. ^[11]

The village sits 52 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LE LUART, 18.4 km away at 112 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 722 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BOULOIRE, 6 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

85 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 125,000 € — 1,107 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Sarthe is 1,300 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72382/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72382/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72382/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 72382/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72053
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 72143
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025