Bouchamps-lès-Craon

Mayenne · CC du Pays de Craon · INSEE 53035

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

Few services 30/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouchamps-lès-Craon (INSEE 53035) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays de Craon. Population 595 (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 30/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 17,131 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.67	10	6.74
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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]

1 × Café / bar (LE BOUCANE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE). ^[3]

1 × Library (CC CRAON BIBLIOTHÈQUE BOUCHAMPS LES CRAON). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	1	LE BOUCANE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE	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	1	CC CRAON BIBLIOTHÈQUE BOUCHAMPS LES CRAON	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 525 2023: 595 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 563 (2012) → 595 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 507 (1990) → 595 (2023): 17.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 247, of which 4.9 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.5 km NEBakery — 3.9 km NEGP — 4.5 km NEPharmacy — 4.7 km NE 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 (Craon): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Craon): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Craon): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Craon): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bouchamps-lès-Craon): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14

Days at or below 0 °C 41.5

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CRAON weather station, 5.7 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 67 m. ^[10]

An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at RENAZE, 5.7 km away at 83 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 — 53035/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53035/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53035/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53035/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53084
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53035
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
Fercé	44	32 km W	517	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 100 %
Livré-la-Touche	53	7.5 km N	729	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %
Rouffignac	17	279 km S	437	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 82 %
Vautorte	53	55 km N	607	32.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Georges-Lagricol	43	467 km SE	518	33.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 58 %
Orègue	64	492 km S	531	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 82 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Livré-la-Touche	53	7.5 km N	729	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %
Fercé	44	32 km W	517	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 100 %
Vautorte	53	55 km N	607	32.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 78 %
Rouffignac	17	279 km S	437	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Georges-Lagricol	43	467 km SE	518	33.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 58 %
Orègue	64	492 km S	531	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 82 %

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