Contest

Mayenne · CC Mayenne Communauté · INSEE 53074

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

Few services 30.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Contest (INSEE 53074) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC Mayenne Communauté. Population 834 (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.

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Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 15,406 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	7
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 × Restaurant (AU P'TIT FESTIN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CONTEST / CC MAYENNE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	AU P'TIT FESTIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUIS CHEDID	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CONTEST / CC 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: 620 peak 2012: 924 2023: 834 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 924 (2012) → 834 (2023): -9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 695 (1990) → 834 (2023): 20 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 377, of which 4 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.2 km NWGP — 2.8 km NEBakery — 3.7 km NEPharmacy — 3.9 km NE 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 (Mayenne): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Georges-Buttavent): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Baudelle): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Mayenne): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Contest): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.9

Days at or below 0 °C 39.9

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 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MAYENNE weather station, 5.6 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 115 m. ^[12]

An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MAYENNE, 5.6 km away at 138 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 — 53074/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53074/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53074/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53074/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53147
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53219
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53200
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53074
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
Fromentières	53	44 km S	848	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Bougue	40	487 km S	833	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Sulpice	73	577 km SE	821	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 55 %
Fiennes	62	337 km NE	850	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 88 %
Mogneneins	01	476 km SE	841	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 88 %
Prunay-en-Yvelines	78	184 km E	808	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 80 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fromentières	53	44 km S	848	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Prunay-en-Yvelines	78	184 km E	808	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 80 %
Fiennes	62	337 km NE	850	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 88 %
Mogneneins	01	476 km SE	841	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 88 %
Bougue	40	487 km S	833	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Sulpice	73	577 km SE	821	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 55 %

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