Courcité

Mayenne · CC du Mont des Avaloirs · INSEE 53083

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

Few services 24.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Courcité (INSEE 53083) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Mont des Avaloirs. Population 797 (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/53083-courcite

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 15,678 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.35	10	3.5
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.08

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA FOURNEE DU BONHEUR). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (CCMA - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE COURCITÉ). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ALTER EGO ET LE BARBIER DU COIN). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	LA FOURNEE DU BONHEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	CCMA - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE COURCITÉ	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	1	ALTER EGO ET LE BARBIER DU COIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 948 peak 1982: 1,002 2023: 797 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 901 (2012) → 797 (2023): -11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 938 (1990) → 797 (2023): -15 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 500, of which 9.2 % second homes and 14.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km NWGP — 4.5 km NWPharmacy — 4.7 km NW 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 (Courcité): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villaines-la-Juhel): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villaines-la-Juhel): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villaines-la-Juhel): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Courcité): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.7

Days at or below 0 °C 50.4

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the COURCITE_SAPC weather station, 2.4 km away at 172 m; the village itself is at 187 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE HORPS, 17.9 km away at 268 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 81 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 793 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at COURCITE_SAPC, 2.4 km away at 172 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53083/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53083/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53083/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53083/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53083
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53271
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
Saint-Martin-en-Bière	77	209 km E	746	28	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
La Croix-Helléan	56	172 km W	892	31	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Symphorien-sous-Chomérac	07	550 km SE	887	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Larnod	25	482 km E	773	29.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaines-en-Sologne	41	161 km SE	661	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Marigny	79	235 km S	902	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fontaines-en-Sologne	41	161 km SE	661	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Croix-Helléan	56	172 km W	892	31	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-en-Bière	77	209 km E	746	28	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Marigny	79	235 km S	902	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Larnod	25	482 km E	773	29.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Symphorien-sous-Chomérac	07	550 km SE	887	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Courcité'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
Le Gault-Saint-Denis	28	128 km E	666	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Manhac	12	497 km SE	877	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Mollkirch	67	564 km E	874	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Savy	02	303 km NE	618	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Cierrey	27	135 km NE	805	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Thal-Marmoutier	67	562 km E	826	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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