Boulay-les-Ifs

Mayenne · CC du Mont des Avaloirs · INSEE 53038

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

No daily shops 17.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boulay-les-Ifs (INSEE 53038) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Mont des Avaloirs. Population 136 (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 17.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 13,295 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.54	10	5.38
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DES AVALOIRS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 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	1	LE RELAIS DES AVALOIRS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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

1968: 177 2023: 136 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 167 (2012) → 136 (2023): -18.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 131 (1990) → 136 (2023): 3.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 107, of which 15 % second homes and 17.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.9 km SEPharmacy — 3.3 km SEBakery — 3.4 km SEFood shop — 3.4 km SEGP — 3.4 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 (Saint-Pierre-des-Nids): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pierre-des-Nids): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Pierre-des-Nids): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Pierre-des-Nids): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Pierre-des-Nids): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.6

Days at or below 0 °C 36.2

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PRE-EN-PAIL weather station, 3.8 km away at 347 m; the village itself is at 220 m. ^[9]

The village sits 127 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[9]

An average of 997 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PRE-EN-PAIL, 3.8 km away at 347 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 — 53038/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53038/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53038/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53038/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53246
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
Cérizols	09	596 km S	138	19.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 57 %
Saint-Justin	32	550 km S	137	16.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 78 %
Marnans	38	536 km SE	132	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 43 %
Sainte-Camelle	11	592 km S	127	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 92 %
Muchedent	76	178 km NE	131	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 82 %
Vereaux	18	283 km SE	143	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 89 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Muchedent	76	178 km NE	131	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 82 %
Vereaux	18	283 km SE	143	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 89 %
Marnans	38	536 km SE	132	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 43 %
Saint-Justin	32	550 km S	137	16.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 78 %
Sainte-Camelle	11	592 km S	127	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 92 %
Cérizols	09	596 km S	138	19.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 57 %

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