Le Bignon-du-Maine

Mayenne · CC du Pays de Meslay-Grez · INSEE 53030

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

Few services 30.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Bignon-du-Maine (INSEE 53030) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays de Meslay-Grez. Population 322 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 30.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,980 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.62	10	6.18
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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]

2 × Restaurant (HOLLYWOOD PARIS SARL · LES GOURMETS DU MAINE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	2	HOLLYWOOD PARIS SARL · LES GOURMETS DU MAINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 366 2023: 322 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 337 (2012) → 322 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 288 (1990) → 322 (2023): 11.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 145, of which 2.8 % second homes and 13.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.9 km EBakery — 4.1 km EGP — 4.2 km EPharmacy — 4.4 km E 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): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Meslay-du-Maine): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Pharmacy (Meslay-du-Maine): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Bignon-du-Maine): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.1

Days at or below 0 °C 41.3

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GREZ-EN-BOUERE weather station, 8.3 km away at 93 m; the village itself is at 99 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at GREZ-EN-BOUERE, 8.3 km away at 93 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 739 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MESLAY-DU-MAINE, 4.4 km away at 86 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 — 53030/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53030/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53030/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53030/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53152
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53030
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
Arthenac	17	272 km S	334	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 14 %
Vaux	31	535 km S	310	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Latoue	31	543 km S	310	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Escazeaux	82	475 km S	287	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Palais	17	312 km S	337	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 89 %
Beauregard-et-Bassac	24	343 km S	309	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Arthenac	17	272 km S	334	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Palais	17	312 km S	337	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 89 %
Beauregard-et-Bassac	24	343 km S	309	31.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Escazeaux	82	475 km S	287	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Vaux	31	535 km S	310	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Latoue	31	543 km S	310	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Le Bignon-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
Serre-Nerpol	38	546 km SE	307	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Bâton	79	166 km S	415	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Berfay	72	103 km E	333	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Tranzault	36	237 km SE	349	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Haute-Maison	77	286 km NE	352	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Basses	86	115 km SE	344	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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