Arquenay

Mayenne · CC du Pays de Meslay-Grez · INSEE 53009

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 33/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Arquenay (INSEE 53009) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays de Meslay-Grez. Population 674 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/53009-arquenay

Vitality score

Vitality score 33/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 16,579 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.92	10	9.25
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BAR D'ARQ). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (CC MESLAY-GREZ BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ARQUENAY). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE BAR D'ARQ	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	CC MESLAY-GREZ BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ARQUENAY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 456 2023: 674 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 648 (2012) → 674 (2023): 4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 473 (1990) → 674 (2023): 42.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 291, of which 4.5 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.5 km NBakery — 4.0 km SGP — 4.1 km SPharmacy — 4.2 km S 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 (Meslay-du-Maine): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bazougers): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Meslay-du-Maine): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Meslay-du-Maine): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Arquenay): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 47.8

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-GEORGES-LE-FLECHARD weather station, 5.9 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 78 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at GREZ-EN-BOUERE, 10.8 km away at 93 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 739 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MESLAY-DU-MAINE, 5 km away at 86 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53009/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53009/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53009/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53009/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53152
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53025
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53009
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-Sixte	42	424 km SE	669	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Pommerieux	53	31 km SW	667	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Berville-en-Caux	76	217 km NE	698	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Orignolles	17	308 km S	698	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 85 %
Sainte-Austreberthe	76	212 km NE	662	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Romegoux	17	236 km S	640	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pommerieux	53	31 km SW	667	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Sainte-Austreberthe	76	212 km NE	662	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Berville-en-Caux	76	217 km NE	698	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Romegoux	17	236 km S	640	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %
Orignolles	17	308 km S	698	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Sixte	42	424 km SE	669	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Arquenay'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
Sepmeries	59	394 km NE	640	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Péravy-la-Colombe	45	169 km E	777	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Crouais	35	119 km W	592	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Moyenneville	60	289 km NE	575	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bertangles	80	304 km NE	815	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mesnil-Guillaume	14	140 km NE	551	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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