Argentré

Mayenne · CA Laval Agglomération · INSEE 53007

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

Partly served 57.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Argentré (INSEE 53007) is in Mayenne (53), part of CA Laval Agglomération. Population 2,906 (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/53007-argentre

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 7,307 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.85	10	8.45
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DELICES D'ARGENTRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ARGENDIS). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LE TEMPS D'UNE PAUSE · JUST QUEEN · LA PAUSE ET VOUS · O'AMIRAL). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA CRAVACHE D'OR). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE D'ARGENTRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT CYR - SAINTE JULITTE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CEDRIC HAMON, MÉDECIN · GIL DESPORTES, MÉDECIN · MARGOT POTTIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (LAVAL AGGLO MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ARGENTRÉ). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (BASE DE LOISIRS). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (ESCALE COIFFURE · ART COIF). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX DELICES D'ARGENTRE	INSEE BPE 1 / 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	1	ARGENDIS	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	4	LE TEMPS D'UNE PAUSE · JUST QUEEN · LA PAUSE ET VOUS · O'AMIRAL	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LA CRAVACHE D'OR	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE D'ARGENTRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT CYR - SAINTE JULITTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	CEDRIC HAMON, MÉDECIN · GIL DESPORTES, MÉDECIN · MARGOT POTTIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	LAVAL AGGLO MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ARGENTRÉ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	1	BASE DE LOISIRS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	ESCALE COIFFURE · ART COIF	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday 17h30 à 19h30 Parking près de la poste. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,043 2023: 2,906 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,694 (2012) → 2,906 (2023): 7.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,160 (1990) → 2,906 (2023): 34.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,247, of which 1 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP Primary school — 0.6 km SPharmacy — 4.4 km W 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 (Argentré): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Argentré): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Argentré): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bonchamp-lès-Laval): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Argentré): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.8

Days at or below 0 °C 44.3

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ARGENTRE weather station, 1.4 km away at 107 m; the village itself is at 103 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LAVAL-ENTRAMMES, 9.2 km away at 99 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

An average of 781 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ARGENTRE, 1.4 km away at 107 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53007/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.argentre.fr/argentre-pratique/commerces/— “Marché bio Parking près de la poste Tous les vendredis, de 17h30 à 19h30”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53007/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53007/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53007/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53007
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53034
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
Avord	18	273 km SE	2,909	53	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-l'Ars	86	190 km SE	2,880	57.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Plerguer	35	102 km NW	2,895	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bécon-les-Granits	49	66 km S	2,811	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sallebœuf	33	361 km S	2,767	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Rieux	56	122 km SW	2,856	52.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bécon-les-Granits	49	66 km S	2,811	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Plerguer	35	102 km NW	2,895	54.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Rieux	56	122 km SW	2,856	52.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Julien-l'Ars	86	190 km SE	2,880	57.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Avord	18	273 km SE	2,909	53	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Sallebœuf	33	361 km S	2,767	53.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Argentré'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
Bécon-les-Granits	49	66 km S	2,811	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Christophe-du-Ligneron	85	164 km SW	2,727	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Ruaudin	72	69 km E	3,481	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Montreuil-sur-Ille	35	80 km W	2,420	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Martigné-Ferchaud	35	58 km SW	2,688	52.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-du-Bois	72	57 km E	2,285	53.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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