Ambrières-les-Vallées

Mayenne · CC du Bocage Mayennais · INSEE 53003

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

Served 63.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ambrières-les-Vallées (INSEE 53003) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Bocage Mayennais. Population 2,619 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 63.6/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 7,964 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	0.68	25	17.01
Social	0.82	20	16.42
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.42	10	4.22
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DU CHATEAU · L'ATELIER DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE REBUFFE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (GOURMAND ET GOURMET · PROXI). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DE LA VARENNE · KEBAB LES VALLEES). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE VOYAGEUR · L'IMPREVU). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LEO FERRE). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GAELLE DUVAL, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER LHUISSIER, MÉDECIN · HELENE PAVIOT, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE DELHAY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DUMOULIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (AMBRIERES LES VALLEES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (CCBM MÉDIATHÈQUE D'AMBRIÈRES-LES-VALLÉES). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL DE MAINE ANJOU ET BASSE NORMANDIE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL AMBRIERES-VALLEES). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (BOURGNEUF MANUELA · NOGANO · FAMILY'TIFS). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (SARL LE GUE DE GENES). ^[3,4]

3 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU GUE DE GENES · CAMPING DU PARC DE VAUX). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	BOULANGERIE DU CHATEAU · L'ATELIER DU PAIN	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE REBUFFE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	GOURMAND ET GOURMET · PROXI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	LE RELAIS DE LA VARENNE · KEBAB LES VALLEES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LE VOYAGEUR · L'IMPREVU	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LEO FERRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	GAELLE DUVAL, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER LHUISSIER, MÉDECIN · HELENE PAVIOT, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE DELHAY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DUMOULIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	AMBRIERES LES VALLEES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	CCBM MÉDIATHÈQUE D'AMBRIÈRES-LES-VALLÉES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL DE MAINE ANJOU ET BASSE NORMANDIE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL AMBRIERES-VALLEES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	6	BOURGNEUF MANUELA · NOGANO · FAMILY'TIFS	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	SARL LE GUE DE GENES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	3	CAMPING MUNICIPAL · CAMPING MUNICIPAL DU GUE DE GENES · CAMPING DU PARC DE VAUX	INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,383 peak 1999: 2,903 2023: 2,619 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,801 (2012) → 2,619 (2023): -6.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,841 (1990) → 2,619 (2023): -7.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,475, of which 7.5 % second homes and 13.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Ambrières-les-Vallées): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Ambrières-les-Vallées): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ambrières-les-Vallées): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ambrières-les-Vallées): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Ambrières-les-Vallées): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.9

Days at or below 0 °C 39.9

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 10 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 MAYENNE weather station, 10.3 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 113 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE HORPS, 14 km away at 268 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 155 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 867 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at AMBRIERES-LES-V, 2.3 km away at 128 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53003/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2025-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/49/cf97122f-b3bd-3b2f-855b-a550a4d0eb85— “Tous les samedis matin, un marché au coeur de la petite ville d'Ambrières, à dominance alimentaire.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53003/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53003/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53003/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53003
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
Percy-en-Normandie	50	70 km NW	2,641	64.8	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Montholon	89	301 km E	2,709	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Civray	86	260 km S	2,522	65	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Malestroit	56	146 km SW	2,558	73	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Montfort-l'Amaury	78	184 km E	2,779	63.2	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Charolles	71	429 km SE	2,772	72.5	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Percy-en-Normandie	50	70 km NW	2,641	64.8	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Malestroit	56	146 km SW	2,558	73	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Montfort-l'Amaury	78	184 km E	2,779	63.2	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Civray	86	260 km S	2,522	65	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Montholon	89	301 km E	2,709	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Charolles	71	429 km SE	2,772	72.5	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 45 % · 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 Ambrières-les-Vallées'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
Malestroit	56	146 km SW	2,558	73	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Criquetot-l'Esneval	76	153 km NE	2,668	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson	53	33 km E	2,273	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Avelin	59	358 km NE	2,561	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Grandvilliers	60	234 km NE	2,786	68.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Merdrignac	22	134 km W	3,139	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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