Bonchamp-lès-Laval

Mayenne · CA Laval Agglomération · INSEE 53034

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

Partly served 53.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bonchamp-lès-Laval (INSEE 53034) is in Mayenne (53), part of CA Laval Agglomération. Population 6,302 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/53034-bonchamp-les-laval

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 3,777 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	0.32	25	8.08
Social	0.66	20	13.11
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.43	10	4.27
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA PETITE TARTINE · LA GALERIE DES SAVEURS · SARL HLMC). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE VIAND'ART). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

10 × Restaurant (SHOW PIZZ' · SUR LE POUCE · MALANDRYE · LE BONCHAMP DWICH · MELIBEE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE 2700M · LE CENTRAL). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE BONO CAMPO). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE NAZARETH). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNELORE DEFOIN, MÉDECIN · GHISLAINE JUDALET-ILLAND, MÉDECIN · SANDRA ROBINO, MÉDECIN · SARAH HAMDAN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DUFOUR BUFFET BESNIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (LAVAL AGGLO MEDIATHEQUE BONCHAMP). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL ANJOU MAIN · CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL DE MAINE ANJOU ET BASSE NORMANDIE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL BONCHAMP LES LAVAL · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (PROFIL COIFFURE · OMBRE LUMIERE · LE SALON DE LYDIA · DROLE DE BARBIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (ETAP HOTEL · MAISON MARSOLLIER). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LA PETITE TARTINE · LA GALERIE DES SAVEURS · SARL HLMC	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE VIAND'ART	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	10	SHOW PIZZ' · SUR LE POUCE · MALANDRYE · LE BONCHAMP DWICH · MELIBEE	INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE 2700M · LE CENTRAL	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE BONO CAMPO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE NAZARETH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	ANNELORE DEFOIN, MÉDECIN · GHISLAINE JUDALET-ILLAND, MÉDECIN · SANDRA ROBINO, MÉDECIN · SARAH HAMDAN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DUFOUR BUFFET BESNIER	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	LAVAL AGGLO MEDIATHEQUE BONCHAMP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE SPORTIF · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL ANJOU MAIN · CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL DE MAINE ANJOU ET BASSE NORMANDIE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL BONCHAMP LES LAVAL · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	6	PROFIL COIFFURE · OMBRE LUMIERE · LE SALON DE LYDIA · DROLE DE BARBIER	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	2	ETAP HOTEL · MAISON MARSOLLIER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,387 2023: 6,302 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,795 (2012) → 6,302 (2023): 8.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,832 (1990) → 6,302 (2023): 64.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,747, of which 0.8 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Bonchamp-lès-Laval): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bonchamp-lès-Laval): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bonchamp-lès-Laval): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bonchamp-lès-Laval): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bonchamp-lès-Laval): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.8

Days at or below 0 °C 44.3

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ARGENTRE weather station, 4.3 km away at 107 m; the village itself is at 86 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LAVAL-ENTRAMMES, 5.4 km away at 99 m, over 16 summers. ^[9]

An average of 781 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ARGENTRE, 4.3 km away at 107 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53034/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53034/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53034/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53034/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53034
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
Prades-le-Lez	34	601 km SE	6,184	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Dompierre-sur-Mer	17	211 km S	6,315	57.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 57 %
Mûrs-Erigné	49	76 km S	6,408	59.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Chasse-sur-Rhône	38	502 km SE	6,588	59.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Hersin-Coupigny	62	359 km NE	6,082	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Labarthe-sur-Lèze	31	539 km S	6,585	59.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mûrs-Erigné	49	76 km S	6,408	59.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Dompierre-sur-Mer	17	211 km S	6,315	57.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 57 %
Hersin-Coupigny	62	359 km NE	6,082	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chasse-sur-Rhône	38	502 km SE	6,588	59.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Labarthe-sur-Lèze	31	539 km S	6,585	59.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 %
Prades-le-Lez	34	601 km SE	6,184	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Bonchamp-lès-Laval'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
Hersin-Coupigny	62	359 km NE	6,082	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Othis	77	272 km NE	6,717	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Itteville	91	231 km E	6,746	55	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Houdain	62	354 km NE	6,945	55.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Marolles-en-Hurepoix	91	228 km E	5,708	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Dainville	62	349 km NE	5,683	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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