Bouessay

Mayenne · CC du Pays Sabolien · INSEE 53037

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

Few services 37.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bouessay (INSEE 53037) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays Sabolien. Population 714 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/53037-bouessay

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 16,322 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	0.21	25	5.27
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	0.76	10	7.57
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

1 × Café / bar (LE ROYAL). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (RESEAU DES MEDIATHEQUES DU PAYS SABOLIEN ESPACE MAYENNE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE ROYAL	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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	1	RESEAU DES MEDIATHEQUES DU PAYS SABOLIEN ESPACE MAYENNE	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: 324 peak 2012: 774 2023: 714 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 774 (2012) → 714 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 568 (1990) → 714 (2023): 25.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 322, of which 1.6 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.9 km NWPharmacy — 4.1 km SEGP — 4.4 km NEBakery — 5.9 km SE 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 (Sablé-sur-Sarthe): 5.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Loup-du-Dorat): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Auvers-le-Hamon): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sablé-sur-Sarthe): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bouessay): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-LOUP-DU-DORAT weather station, 1.6 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 44 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at GREZ-EN-BOUERE, 11.2 km away at 93 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

An average of 753 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-LOUP-DU-DORAT, 1.6 km away at 60 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53037/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53037/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53037/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53037/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72264
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53233
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72016
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53037
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
Bouquehault	62	368 km NE	788	42.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Radepont	27	207 km NE	639	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bernoy-le-Château	02	319 km NE	825	34.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Champagneux	73	525 km SE	675	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Trèves	69	466 km SE	712	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Souvigné	79	168 km S	863	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Souvigné	79	168 km S	863	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Radepont	27	207 km NE	639	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bernoy-le-Château	02	319 km NE	825	34.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Bouquehault	62	368 km NE	788	42.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Trèves	69	466 km SE	712	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Champagneux	73	525 km SE	675	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Bouessay'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
Radepont	27	207 km NE	639	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
La Merlatière	85	141 km SW	1,009	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Arquenay	53	18 km NW	674	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Péravy-la-Colombe	45	157 km E	777	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bertangles	80	305 km NE	815	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Le Gault-Saint-Denis	28	146 km E	666	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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