Val-du-Maine

Mayenne · CC du Pays de Meslay-Grez · INSEE 53017

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

Few services 38.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Val-du-Maine (INSEE 53017) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays de Meslay-Grez. Population 952 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 1 former commune: Épineux-le-Seguin (53095). ^[3]

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/53017-val-du-maine

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 14,634 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.72	10	7.16
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LYSE MARKET). ^[5,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES PETITS PLATS DE GIGI). ^[5,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BALLEE AP). ^[5]

1 × Library (CC MESLAY-GREZ BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VAL DU MAINE). ^[5]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[5]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[5,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LYSE MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [5,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Restaurant	1	LES PETITS PLATS DE GIGI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [5,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [5]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Post office / agence postale	1	BALLEE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [5]
Library	1	CC MESLAY-GREZ BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VAL DU MAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [5]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [5]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [5,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [5,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 919 2023: 952 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 951 (2012) → 952 (2023): 0.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 783 (1990) → 952 (2023): 21.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 470, of which 6 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 5.9 km SEBakery — 8.7 km NPharmacy — 10.2 km SE 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 (Saint-Pierre-sur-Erve): 8.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Val-du-Maine): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Auvers-le-Hamon): 5.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Sablé-sur-Sarthe): 10.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[12]

Primary school (Val-du-Maine): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.8

Days at or below 0 °C 39.3

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ST-LOUP-DU-DORAT weather station, 6.1 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 44 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at GREZ-EN-BOUERE, 10.5 km away at 93 m, over 21 summers. ^[13]

An average of 753 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ST-LOUP-DU-DORAT, 6.1 km away at 60 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53017/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53017/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53017/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53017/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53248
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53017
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72016
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72264
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
Ouzilly	86	141 km SE	961	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Vignieu	38	513 km SE	1,024	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Chiré-en-Montreuil	86	150 km S	922	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Chapeiry	74	542 km SE	984	42.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %
Charnay	69	448 km SE	1,023	34.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Étienne-le-Molard	42	421 km SE	1,033	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ouzilly	86	141 km SE	961	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chiré-en-Montreuil	86	150 km S	922	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Étienne-le-Molard	42	421 km SE	1,033	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Charnay	69	448 km SE	1,023	34.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Vignieu	38	513 km SE	1,024	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Chapeiry	74	542 km SE	984	42.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 18 % · 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 Val-du-Maine'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
Ouzilly	86	141 km SE	961	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Trélou-sur-Marne	02	323 km NE	952	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Gennes-sur-Seiche	35	53 km W	938	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Pouzay	37	119 km SE	867	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Hommes	37	78 km SE	865	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Villaines-les-Rochers	37	105 km SE	1,051	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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