Châtelain

Mayenne · CC du Pays de Château-Gontier · INSEE 53063

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

Few services 30.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Châtelain (INSEE 53063) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays de Château-Gontier. Population 470 (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/53063-chatelain

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,934 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.7	10	6.96
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.62

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CASTELINOIS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE THERESE). ^[3]

1 × Library (CC CHÂTEAU-GONTIER - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHÂTELAIN). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	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	1	LE CASTELINOIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE THERESE	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	CC CHÂTEAU-GONTIER - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHÂTELAIN	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: 401 peak 2012: 496 2023: 470 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 496 (2012) → 470 (2023): -5.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 393 (1990) → 470 (2023): 19.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 209, of which 3.8 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.1 km SWFood shop — 4.2 km EGP — 7.0 km WPharmacy — 7.1 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 (Coudray): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bierné-les-Villages): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne): 7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne): 7.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Châtelain): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.2

Days at or below 0 °C 42.3

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 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the COUDRAY weather station, 4.2 km away at 55 m; the village itself is at 62 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at GREZ-EN-BOUERE, 10 km away at 93 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

An average of 719 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at COUDRAY, 4.2 km away at 55 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 — 53063/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53063/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53063/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53063/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53078
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53029
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53062
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53063
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
Unias	42	442 km SE	469	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Michel-de-Volangis	18	243 km E	474	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Voulon	86	174 km S	463	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Encausse	32	474 km S	445	34	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Aubin	40	456 km S	498	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 82 %
Maisoncelles-du-Maine	53	18 km N	506	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Maisoncelles-du-Maine	53	18 km N	506	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Voulon	86	174 km S	463	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Michel-de-Volangis	18	243 km E	474	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Unias	42	442 km SE	469	36.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin	40	456 km S	498	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 82 %
Encausse	32	474 km S	445	34	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 82 %

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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 Châtelain'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
Maisoncelles-du-Maine	53	18 km N	506	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Soulangis	18	244 km E	454	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Colombier	70	509 km E	434	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Moyenneville	60	302 km NE	575	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sacé	53	43 km N	472	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Montilly	03	320 km SE	488	19.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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