Ballots

Mayenne · CC du Pays de Craon · INSEE 53018

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

Partly served 41.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ballots (INSEE 53018) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays de Craon. Population 1,278 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 41.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 12,819 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.72	10	7.18
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

1 × Restaurant (L'ATELIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ANNEXE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE SAINT ANTOINE). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLAUDE COSSON, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BALLOTS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (CC CRAON BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BALLOTS). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (NOUVEL'HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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)	1	PROXI	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	1	L'ATELIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'ANNEXE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE SAINT ANTOINE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CLAUDE COSSON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE EVRARD	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	BALLOTS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	CC CRAON BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BALLOTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	NOUVEL'HAIR	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: 1,242 peak 2017: 1,281 2023: 1,278 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,269 (2012) → 1,278 (2023): 0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,049 (1990) → 1,278 (2023): 21.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 596, of which 3.7 % second homes and 10.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 5.2 km SFood shop — 8.3 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 (La Selle-Craonnaise): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Craon): 8.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ballots): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ballots): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.6

Days at or below 0 °C 55.6

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BALLOTS weather station, 1.2 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 82 m. ^[11]

An average of 787 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BALLOTS, 1.2 km away at 60 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 — 53018/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53018/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53018/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53018/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53258
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53084
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53018
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
Troissereux	60	287 km NE	1,374	48.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 %
Mons-en-Laonnois	02	384 km NE	1,146	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Latillé	86	165 km SE	1,494	43.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Caradec	22	138 km W	1,132	41.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 66 %
Ornaisons	11	605 km SE	1,161	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 46 %
Beaurevoir	02	395 km NE	1,281	43.9	Partly served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Caradec	22	138 km W	1,132	41.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 66 %
Latillé	86	165 km SE	1,494	43.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 82 %
Troissereux	60	287 km NE	1,374	48.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 %
Mons-en-Laonnois	02	384 km NE	1,146	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Beaurevoir	02	395 km NE	1,281	43.9	Partly served	no figures
Ornaisons	11	605 km SE	1,161	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 46 %

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Elsewhere

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