Couesmes-Vaucé

Mayenne · CC du Bocage Mayennais · INSEE 53079

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

Few services 21.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Couesmes-Vaucé (INSEE 53079) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Bocage Mayennais. Population 379 (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 21.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 18,037 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.34	10	3.4
Housing mix	0.46	5	2.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ RENE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA JARDIN DE FROULAY). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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	1	CHEZ RENE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA JARDIN DE FROULAY	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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: 762 2023: 379 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 393 (2012) → 379 (2023): -3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 451 (1990) → 379 (2023): -16 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 312, of which 26.9 % second homes and 19.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 2.6 km SPrimary school — 2.7 km SBakery — 3.9 km NEGP — 8.0 km NEPharmacy — 8.0 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 (Soucé): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Pas): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ceaucé): 8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ceaucé): 8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Pas): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the MAYENNE weather station, 16.4 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 170 m. ^[11]

An average of 867 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at AMBRIERES-LES-V, 6.8 km away at 128 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

60 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 83,925 € — 696 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Mayenne is 1,254 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53079/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53079/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53079/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53079/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53261
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53176
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61075
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Saint-Léger-la-Montagne	87	314 km SE	362	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Langoëlan	56	190 km W	403	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 %
Saisy	71	427 km E	350	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 61 %
Saint-Basile	07	559 km SE	356	26	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 22 %
Villard	23	297 km SE	381	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Gonlay	35	107 km W	377	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Gonlay	35	107 km W	377	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Langoëlan	56	190 km W	403	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 95 %
Villard	23	297 km SE	381	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Léger-la-Montagne	87	314 km SE	362	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 95 %
Saisy	71	427 km E	350	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 61 %
Saint-Basile	07	559 km SE	356	26	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 22 %

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