La Croixille

Mayenne · CC de l'Ernée · INSEE 53086

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

Few services 38.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Croixille (INSEE 53086) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC de l'Ernée. Population 629 (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 38.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 16,835 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	0.8	10	8.05
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.25

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 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 (LA GOURMANDISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (CC ERNEE - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA CROIXILLE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	1	LA GOURMANDISE	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	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 ERNEE - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA CROIXILLE	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]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 705 2023: 629 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 689 (2012) → 629 (2023): -8.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 482 (1990) → 629 (2023): 30.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 335, of which 7.5 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.0 km NEGP — 5.2 km SWBakery — 6.6 km SWPharmacy — 8.3 km SE 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-M'Hervé): 6.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Juvigné): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-M'Hervé): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Bourgneuf-la-Forêt): 8.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Croixille): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.7

Days at or below 0 °C 44.8

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LAUNAY-VILLIERS weather station, 8.9 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 176 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ERNEE, 12.3 km away at 168 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 894 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LA CROIXILLE, 0.2 km away at 171 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 — 53086/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53086/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53086/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53086/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35300
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53123
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53039
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53086
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
Les Sauvages	69	483 km SE	626	36.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Palais	18	282 km E	610	38.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Motreff	29	185 km W	654	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Courtomer	77	297 km E	591	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Guilly	45	252 km E	659	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aignan-le-Jaillard	45	266 km E	596	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Motreff	29	185 km W	654	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Guilly	45	252 km E	659	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aignan-le-Jaillard	45	266 km E	596	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Palais	18	282 km E	610	38.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 57 %
Courtomer	77	297 km E	591	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Les Sauvages	69	483 km SE	626	36.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

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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 La Croixille'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
Motreff	29	185 km W	654	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Courtomer	77	297 km E	591	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Verchocq	62	345 km NE	665	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bannost-Villegagnon	77	318 km E	667	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Apremont	60	285 km NE	636	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Auzouville-sur-Ry	76	221 km NE	683	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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