Le Buret

Mayenne · CC du Pays de Meslay-Grez · INSEE 53046

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

Few services 24.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Buret (INSEE 53046) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays de Meslay-Grez. Population 315 (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/53046-le-buret

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,949 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	20	0
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.74	10	7.4
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 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”.

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

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE EUGENE LEBLAY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LA FERRANDERIE LA FERRANDERIE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE LA FERRANDERIE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE EUGENE LEBLAY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LA FERRANDERIE LA FERRANDERIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE LA FERRANDERIE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 334 2023: 315 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 307 (2012) → 315 (2023): 2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 254 (1990) → 315 (2023): 24 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 135, of which 3.7 % second homes and 3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.7 km NWBakery — 4.3 km NWGP — 4.3 km NWPharmacy — 4.3 km NW 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 (Meslay-du-Maine): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Meslay-du-Maine): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Meslay-du-Maine): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Meslay-du-Maine): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Buret): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.1

Days at or below 0 °C 41.3

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GREZ-EN-BOUERE weather station, 4.1 km away at 93 m; the village itself is at 94 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at GREZ-EN-BOUERE, 4.1 km away at 93 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 739 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MESLAY-DU-MAINE, 3.8 km away at 86 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 — 53046/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53046/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53046/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53046/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53152
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53046
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
Salles-Mongiscard	64	493 km S	315	21.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %
Bœsenbiesen	67	601 km E	314	22.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Coullemelle	80	290 km NE	313	23	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 74 %
Loubens	33	368 km S	316	18.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Journy	62	364 km NE	310	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Troussencourt	60	276 km NE	314	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Troussencourt	60	276 km NE	314	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Coullemelle	80	290 km NE	313	23	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 74 %
Journy	62	364 km NE	310	21.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Loubens	33	368 km S	316	18.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Salles-Mongiscard	64	493 km S	315	21.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 0 %
Bœsenbiesen	67	601 km E	314	22.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · 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 Le Buret'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
Presles-et-Boves	02	341 km NE	320	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Candor	60	314 km NE	321	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Cuvergnon	60	293 km NE	323	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Paars	02	340 km NE	309	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Flipou	27	203 km NE	320	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Plessis-Saint-Benoist	91	196 km E	325	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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