La Bigottière
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 23.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Bigottière (INSEE 53031) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC de l'Ernée. Population 489 (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 23.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 39 % of the 17,809 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.9 | 10 | 9.01 |
| Housing mix | 0.91 | 5 | 4.53 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 486 (2012) → 489 (2023): 0.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 349 (1990) → 489 (2023): 40.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 212, of which 4.7 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Alexain): 2.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Andouillé): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Andouillé): 5 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Andouillé): 5 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (La Bigottière): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CHAILLAND weather station, 8.6 km away at 110 m; the village itself is at 123 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ERNEE, 14.9 km away at 168 m, over 29 summers. [11]
An average of 865 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CHAILLAND, 8.6 km away at 110 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 — 53031/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53031/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53031/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53031/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 53002
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 53005
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 53031
- 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-Christophe-en-Bourbonnais | 03 | 402 km SE | 442 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bois | 17 | 304 km S | 523 | 20.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 % |
| Chabrac | 16 | 279 km SE | 603 | 20.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ossages | 40 | 518 km S | 492 | 31.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 80 % |
| Glénic | 23 | 302 km SE | 625 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pirmil | 72 | 62 km SE | 512 | 15.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 74 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pirmil | 72 | 62 km SE | 512 | 15.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 74 % |
| Chabrac | 16 | 279 km SE | 603 | 20.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Glénic | 23 | 302 km SE | 625 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bois | 17 | 304 km S | 523 | 20.8 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 % |
| Saint-Christophe-en-Bourbonnais | 03 | 402 km SE | 442 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ossages | 40 | 518 km S | 492 | 31.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 80 % |
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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 La Bigottière'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-des-Ifs | 14 | 122 km NE | 453 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Semallé | 61 | 76 km NE | 379 | 12.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vieuvicq | 28 | 149 km E | 442 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hyds | 03 | 348 km SE | 298 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Habloville | 61 | 79 km NE | 336 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vallées en Champagne | 02 | 335 km E | 599 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
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