Changé

Mayenne · CA Laval Agglomération · INSEE 53054

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

Partly served 58.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Changé (INSEE 53054) is in Mayenne (53), part of CA Laval Agglomération. Population 6,502 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/53054-change

Vitality score

Vitality score 58.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 3,681 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	0.28	25	6.97
Social	0.84	20	16.71
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.55	10	5.53
Public & culture	0.31	5	1.54
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ATELIER GRENIER A PAIN · BOULANGERIE LES SABLONS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (C.P.V.B.). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCIMARKET). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (RODEL · LIHARO · LA BASTIDE D'ELVA · LE FOURNIL DES ANNEAUX). ^[3,4]

6 × Café / bar (BAR JO · LE GALOP'1). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE STE MARIE). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MANUEL PRODHOMME, MÉDECIN · HERVE HULO, MÉDECIN · VINCENT DIQUERO, MÉDECIN · THIBAUT MALCOURONNE, MÉDECIN · LAURENT GARCIA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PINCON · PHARMACIE ESCULAPE). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (LAVAL LES TOUCHES RP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (LAVAL AGGLO MEDIATHEQUE DE CHANGÉ). ^[3]

3 × Gym / sports hall (STADE DALIBARD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES SABLONS). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL ANJOU MAIN · CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL DE MAINE ANJOU ET BASSE NORMANDIE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE CHANGE). ^[3]

9 × Hairdresser (LE 33 COIFFURE · SALON LE FLOCH · ANYS · CED'A TIF · MARTINS DARINA). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

5 × Hotel (HOTEL IBIS · FORMULE 1 · HÔTEL DES VOYAGEURS · B&B HOTELS · CAMPANILE LAVAL NORD CHANGE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	ATELIER GRENIER A PAIN · BOULANGERIE LES SABLONS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	C.P.V.B.	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COCCIMARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	9	RODEL · LIHARO · LA BASTIDE D'ELVA · LE FOURNIL DES ANNEAUX	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Café / bar	6	BAR JO · LE GALOP'1	INSEE SIRENE 6 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE STE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	MANUEL PRODHOMME, MÉDECIN · HERVE HULO, MÉDECIN · VINCENT DIQUERO, MÉDECIN · THIBAUT MALCOURONNE, MÉDECIN · LAURENT GARCIA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE PINCON · PHARMACIE ESCULAPE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	LAVAL LES TOUCHES RP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	1	LAVAL AGGLO MEDIATHEQUE DE CHANGÉ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	3	STADE DALIBARD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · COMPLEXE SPORTIF DES SABLONS	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL ANJOU MAIN · CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL DE MAINE ANJOU ET BASSE NORMANDIE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE CHANGE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	9	LE 33 COIFFURE · SALON LE FLOCH · ANYS · CED'A TIF · MARTINS DARINA	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	5	HOTEL IBIS · FORMULE 1 · HÔTEL DES VOYAGEURS · B&B HOTELS · CAMPANILE LAVAL NORD CHANGE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday matin Esplanade Bernard Pichot, 53810 Changé. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,414 2023: 6,502 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,573 (2012) → 6,502 (2023): 16.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 4,323 (1990) → 6,502 (2023): 50.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,913, of which 1.5 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.8 km E 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 (Changé): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Changé): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Changé): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Changé): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Changé): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.9

Days at or below 0 °C 25.5

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LAVAL-ETRONNIER weather station, 8.2 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 51 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LAVAL-ETRONNIER, 8.2 km away at 100 m, over 14 summers. ^[10]

An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LAVAL-ETRONNIER, 8.2 km away at 100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53054/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.change53.fr/au-quotidien/cadre-de-vie/marches— “Chaque mercredi matin, la ville de Changé accueille un marché.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53054/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53054/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53054/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53054
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
Vezin-le-Coquet	35	72 km W	6,471	60.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Thyez	74	598 km E	6,309	54.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 %
Villemandeur	45	260 km E	7,078	57.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Galmier	42	478 km SE	5,829	61.4	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
La Gorgue	59	379 km NE	5,616	57.8	Partly served	no figures
Baisieux	59	404 km NE	5,545	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vezin-le-Coquet	35	72 km W	6,471	60.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villemandeur	45	260 km E	7,078	57.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
La Gorgue	59	379 km NE	5,616	57.8	Partly served	no figures
Baisieux	59	404 km NE	5,545	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Galmier	42	478 km SE	5,829	61.4	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Thyez	74	598 km E	6,309	54.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Changé'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
Vezin-le-Coquet	35	72 km W	6,471	60.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Baisieux	59	404 km NE	5,545	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Inzinzac-Lochrist	56	187 km W	6,691	59.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Le Thillay	95	260 km NE	4,560	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Pluneret	56	169 km W	6,262	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Plescop	56	157 km W	6,362	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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