Désertines

Mayenne · CC du Bocage Mayennais · INSEE 53091

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

No daily shops 14.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Désertines (INSEE 53091) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Bocage Mayennais. Population 468 (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 14.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 13 % of the 17,894 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.3	10	3
Housing mix	0.66	5	3.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (HAIR BY KATH · CARPE DIEM). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		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	2	HAIR BY KATH · CARPE DIEM	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 833 2023: 468 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 522 (2012) → 468 (2023): -10.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 585 (1990) → 468 (2023): -20 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 307, of which 16.9 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 6.4 km SWBakery — 7.5 km SEFood shop — 7.5 km SEGP — 7.5 km SEPharmacy — 7.7 km N 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 (Gorron): 7.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gorron): 7.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Gorron): 7.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Teilleul): 7.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Levaré): 6.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.1

Days at or below 0 °C 35.6

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-MARS/LA-FUTA weather station, 11.6 km away at 208 m; the village itself is at 183 m. ^[11]

An average of 943 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BRECE, 9.9 km away at 166 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53091/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53091/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53091/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53091/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53107
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50591
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53132
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
Savigny-le-Vieux	50	14 km NW	399	14	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
La Chapelle-Neuve	22	188 km W	413	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 93 %
Avançon	05	695 km SE	415	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 51 %
Beaufour-Druval	14	106 km NE	453	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %
La Celle	03	371 km SE	398	17.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 72 %
Ver	50	61 km NW	386	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Savigny-le-Vieux	50	14 km NW	399	14	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Ver	50	61 km NW	386	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Beaufour-Druval	14	106 km NE	453	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 97 %
La Chapelle-Neuve	22	188 km W	413	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 93 %
La Celle	03	371 km SE	398	17.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 72 %
Avançon	05	695 km SE	415	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 51 %

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