Cossé-en-Champagne

Mayenne · CC du Pays de Meslay-Grez · INSEE 53076

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

Few services 34.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cossé-en-Champagne (INSEE 53076) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays de Meslay-Grez. Population 299 (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 34.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 17,839 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.59	10	5.87
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.12

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES LOUPS GOURMANDS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU R DE LA FORET). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (COSSE EN CHAMPAGNE AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	LES LOUPS GOURMANDS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU R DE LA FORET	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	1	COSSE EN CHAMPAGNE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 451 2023: 299 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 332 (2012) → 299 (2023): -9.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 275 (1990) → 299 (2023): 8.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 181, of which 18.8 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 6.7 km NWFood shop — 6.7 km SGP — 6.8 km SPharmacy — 7.7 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 (Saint-Pierre-sur-Erve): 6.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Auvers-le-Hamon): 6.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Auvers-le-Hamon): 6.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Brûlon): 7.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.8

Days at or below 0 °C 39.3

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 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-LOUP-DU-DORAT weather station, 11.2 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 71 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at GREZ-EN-BOUERE, 17.4 km away at 93 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

An average of 824 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-JEAN-SUR-ERV, 7.8 km away at 68 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 — 53076/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53076/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53076/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53076/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53248
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72016
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72050
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53076
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
Valennes	72	85 km E	303	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Liorac-sur-Louyre	24	349 km S	259	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Concèze	19	317 km SE	376	36.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Montaigu-le-Blin	03	345 km SE	300	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Pleuville	16	218 km S	313	25.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Montignac-de-Lauzun	47	382 km S	286	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Valennes	72	85 km E	303	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Pleuville	16	218 km S	313	25.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Concèze	19	317 km SE	376	36.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Montaigu-le-Blin	03	345 km SE	300	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Liorac-sur-Louyre	24	349 km S	259	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Montignac-de-Lauzun	47	382 km S	286	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Cossé-en-Champagne'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
Valennes	72	85 km E	303	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Rouvres-les-Bois	36	180 km SE	281	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saulges	53	5.8 km W	329	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Sarlande	24	300 km S	428	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Orliac-de-Bar	19	332 km SE	256	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Autry-Issards	03	306 km SE	313	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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