Aron

Mayenne · CC Mayenne Communauté · INSEE 53008

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

Partly served 42.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Aron (INSEE 53008) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC Mayenne Communauté. Population 1,828 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/53008-aron

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 10,198 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.83	10	8.27
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVECO). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (PALAIS DU BONHEUR · LE CINQUANTE TROIS · LA ROTISSERIE DE MANU · LE RELAIS DE L'HERMINE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ARON RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ARON / CC MAYENNE). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LES P'TITS CISEAUX). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVECO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	4	PALAIS DU BONHEUR · LE CINQUANTE TROIS · LA ROTISSERIE DE MANU · LE RELAIS DE L'HERMINE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LE PETIT BOIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BOULIERE	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	ARON RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ARON / CC MAYENNE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LES P'TITS CISEAUX	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: 1,056 2023: 1,828 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,754 (2012) → 1,828 (2023): 4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,378 (1990) → 1,828 (2023): 32.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 881, of which 2.8 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 0.6 km NGP — 5.0 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 (Aron): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aron): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mayenne): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Aron): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Aron): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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 1.3

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 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, 6.5 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 123 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LE HORPS, 15.1 km away at 268 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 145 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 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MAYENNE, 6.5 km away at 138 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 — 53008/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53008/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53008/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53008/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53008
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53147
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
Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat	03	379 km SE	1,774	39	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Viviers-lès-Montagnes	81	568 km SE	2,008	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 88 % · humidity 29 %
Pezens	11	601 km S	1,611	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle	24	362 km S	2,080	36	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Bû	28	161 km E	2,077	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Vougy	42	429 km SE	1,546	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bû	28	161 km E	2,077	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Léon-sur-l'Isle	24	362 km S	2,080	36	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat	03	379 km SE	1,774	39	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Vougy	42	429 km SE	1,546	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Viviers-lès-Montagnes	81	568 km SE	2,008	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 88 % · humidity 29 %
Pezens	11	601 km S	1,611	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Aron'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
Bû	28	161 km E	2,077	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ahuillé	53	38 km SW	1,852	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Martigné-sur-Mayenne	53	14 km SW	1,902	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Préaux	76	186 km NE	1,849	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Jouy-le-Châtel	77	275 km E	1,630	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ouën-des-Toits	53	31 km SW	1,785	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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