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Andouillé

Mayenne · CC de l'Ernée · INSEE 53005

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

Served 61.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Andouillé (INSEE 53005) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC de l'Ernée. Population 2,321 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/53005-andouille

Vitality score

Vitality score 61.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 8,659 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.472511.83
Social0.752014.97
Education0.63106.32
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.71107.05
Housing mix0.9354.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 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 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA TENDRESSE). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (PLOGEDIS). [3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LE VENETO · ALLO PIZZA · L.D.H. DEVELOPPEMENT · SEVEN STREET). [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (RESTAURANT L'ANDOL · CAFE DES SPORTS). [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU SACRE COEUR). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE DES 7 FONTAINES). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SARA DUNET, MÉDECIN · BAPTISTE DUNET, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GORE RENAIS). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (CC ERNEE MÉDIATHÈQUE ANDOUILLÉ). [3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES FETES · SALLE DES SPORTS). [3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL DE MAINE ANJOU ET BASSE NORMANDIE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL D'ANDOUILLE). [3]

4 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE FLORENCE BOURDIN). [3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE PONT). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2LA TENDRESSEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket1PLOGEDISINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant4LE VENETO · ALLO PIZZA · L.D.H. DEVELOPPEMENT · SEVEN STREETINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar2RESTAURANT L'ANDOL · CAFE DES SPORTSINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU SACRE COEURINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE DES 7 FONTAINESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2SARA DUNET, MÉDECIN · BAPTISTE DUNET, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE GORE RENAISINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1CC ERNEE MÉDIATHÈQUE ANDOUILLÉINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall2SALLE DES FETES · SALLE DES SPORTSINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank2CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL DE MAINE ANJOU ET BASSE NORMANDIE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL D'ANDOUILLEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser4COIFFURE FLORENCE BOURDININSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station2STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite1CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE PONTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,691 peak 2007: 2,321 2023: 2,321 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,245 (2012) → 2,321 (2023): 3.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,926 (1990) → 2,321 (2023): 20.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,181, of which 3.7 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
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 (Andouillé): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Andouillé): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Andouillé): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Andouillé): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Andouillé): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the CHAILLAND weather station, 11.9 km away at 110 m; the village itself is at 82 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at LAVAL-ENTRAMMES, 16.5 km away at 99 m, over 16 summers. [9]

An average of 816 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at SACE, 6 km away at 113 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53005/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53005/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53005/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53005/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 53005
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Germain-du-Plain71463 km E2,36265.8ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Lavardac47453 km S2,30752.5Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Epfig67610 km E2,26357.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Gamaches80264 km NE2,39761.8ServedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Matha17259 km S2,19172ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot47438 km S2,39760.6ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 69 % · humidity 50 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Matha17259 km S2,19172ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Gamaches80264 km NE2,39761.8ServedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot47438 km S2,39760.6ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 69 % · humidity 50 %
Lavardac47453 km S2,30752.5Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Germain-du-Plain71463 km E2,36265.8ServedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Epfig67610 km E2,26357.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · 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 Andouillé'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Hermes60258 km NE2,46660ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Maignelay-Montigny60285 km NE2,47357Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Vervins02388 km NE2,54969ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Sissonne02375 km NE2,06547Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Haspres59383 km NE2,62652.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bessines-sur-Gartempe87282 km SE2,70957.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %