Forcé

Mayenne · CA Laval Agglomération · INSEE 53099

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

Few services 31.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Forcé (INSEE 53099) is in Mayenne (53), part of CA Laval Agglomération. Population 1,099 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 31.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 13,768 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.86	10	8.58
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.77

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 1 of 2

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

1 × Restaurant (FORCE KEBAB). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE ORELY'S). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (FORCE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (LAVAL AGGLO - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FORCÉ). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (TERRAIN DES SPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	FORCE KEBAB	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE ORELY'S	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE GIRARD	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	FORCE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	LAVAL AGGLO - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FORCÉ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	TERRAIN DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		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: 342 peak 2017: 1,099 2023: 1,099 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 983 (2012) → 1,099 (2023): 11.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 809 (1990) → 1,099 (2023): 35.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 474, of which 2.3 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.8 km WBakery — 3.2 km NWGP — 3.9 km SPharmacy — 4.1 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 (Laval): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Laval): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Entrammes): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Laval): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Forcé): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.1

Days at or below 0 °C 36.7

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LAVAL-ENTRAMMES weather station, 2.8 km away at 99 m; the village itself is at 54 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LAVAL-ENTRAMMES, 2.8 km away at 99 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

An average of 765 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LAVAL-ENTRAMMES, 2.8 km away at 99 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 — 53099/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53099/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53099/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53099/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53130
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53094
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53099
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-Sylvestre-Cappel	59	385 km NE	1,144	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chiry-Ourscamp	60	316 km NE	1,093	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Antigny	85	157 km S	1,027	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Quentin-la-Motte-Croix-au-Bailly	80	276 km NE	1,252	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Vred	59	388 km NE	1,302	26.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Messimy-sur-Saône	01	469 km SE	1,338	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Antigny	85	157 km S	1,027	29.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Quentin-la-Motte-Croix-au-Bailly	80	276 km NE	1,252	29.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Chiry-Ourscamp	60	316 km NE	1,093	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel	59	385 km NE	1,144	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Vred	59	388 km NE	1,302	26.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Messimy-sur-Saône	01	469 km SE	1,338	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 57 %

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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 Forcé'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
Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel	59	385 km NE	1,144	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chiry-Ourscamp	60	316 km NE	1,093	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Nuaillé	49	105 km S	1,459	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Berteaucourt-les-Dames	80	305 km NE	1,092	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bosc-Guérard-Saint-Adrien	76	214 km NE	1,101	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Larré	56	140 km W	1,104	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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