Bouère

Mayenne · CC du Pays de Meslay-Grez · INSEE 53036

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

Few services 28.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouère (INSEE 53036) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays de Meslay-Grez. Population 1,058 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/53036-bouere

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 13,986 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.73	10	7.35
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 2 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (JBM). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (COMPTOIRS DU LAVOIR). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES TILLEULS). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (CC MESLAY-GREZ BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BOUÈRE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAN D EAU). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LILY COIFF). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	JBM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	COMPTOIRS DU LAVOIR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES TILLEULS	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	1	BOUERE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	CC MESLAY-GREZ BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BOUÈRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PLAN D EAU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LILY COIFF	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,149 2023: 1,058 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,067 (2012) → 1,058 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 857 (1990) → 1,058 (2023): 23.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 519, of which 9.6 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.4 km WGP — 3.4 km WPharmacy — 3.6 km W 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 (Bouère): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Grez-en-Bouère): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Grez-en-Bouère): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Grez-en-Bouère): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bouère): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.8

Days at or below 0 °C 39.3

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-LOUP-DU-DORAT weather station, 4.9 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 67 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at GREZ-EN-BOUERE, 5.7 km away at 93 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 753 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-LOUP-DU-DORAT, 4.9 km away at 60 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 — 53036/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53036/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53036/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53036/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53036
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53110
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
Chamblet	03	295 km SE	1,074	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin	85	160 km S	1,233	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Pancé	35	88 km W	1,159	32.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Andel	22	170 km NW	1,180	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Villemontais	42	396 km SE	1,042	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 36 %
Érôme	26	507 km SE	848	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pancé	35	88 km W	1,159	32.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin	85	160 km S	1,233	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Andel	22	170 km NW	1,180	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Chamblet	03	295 km SE	1,074	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Villemontais	42	396 km SE	1,042	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 36 %
Érôme	26	507 km SE	848	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Bouère'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
Mouzeuil-Saint-Martin	85	160 km S	1,233	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Coudray	53	15 km SW	869	42.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Mézières-en-Drouais	28	170 km NE	1,059	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-la-Poterie	56	126 km W	1,429	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Méral	53	39 km W	1,053	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Moisenay	77	251 km E	1,362	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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