Fougerolles-du-Plessis

Mayenne · CC du Bocage Mayennais · INSEE 53100

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

Partly served 42.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fougerolles-du-Plessis (INSEE 53100) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Bocage Mayennais. Population 1,215 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 42.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 13,123 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.2	10	1.96
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHOCOLAT D'EVENEMENT · A LA BRIOCHE FEUILLETEE). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (GRIMES ALISON · TAPSCOTT DIANE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (O'BISTRO GG). ^[4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FABRICE BIDEUX, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE SICOT, MÉDECIN · JEAN-JACQUES FAVRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU BOCAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (CCBM - MÉDIATHÈQUE DE FOUGEROLLES-DU-PLESSIS). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (EXCLUSIF COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	CHOCOLAT D'EVENEMENT · A LA BRIOCHE FEUILLETEE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	GRIMES ALISON · TAPSCOTT DIANE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	O'BISTRO GG	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MARIN-MARIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	FABRICE BIDEUX, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE SICOT, MÉDECIN · JEAN-JACQUES FAVRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU BOCAGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	CCBM - MÉDIATHÈQUE DE FOUGEROLLES-DU-PLESSIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	EXCLUSIF COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Friday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,701 peak 1982: 1,773 2023: 1,215 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,305 (2012) → 1,215 (2023): -6.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,745 (1990) → 1,215 (2023): -30.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 777, of which 14.3 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Fougerolles-du-Plessis): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Fougerolles-du-Plessis): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fougerolles-du-Plessis): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Fougerolles-du-Plessis): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fougerolles-du-Plessis): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.1

Days at or below 0 °C 35.6

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-MARS/LA-FUTA weather station, 5.7 km away at 208 m; the village itself is at 184 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ERNEE, 19.9 km away at 168 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 891 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-MARS SUR LA FUTAIE-EDF, 5.6 km away at 206 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53100/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-08— https://data.datatourisme.fr/49/b57a9892-06f5-3b7b-a5b1-fde71c83fd2b— “Tous les vendredis matin, un marché au coeur du village de Fougerolles à dominance alimentaire.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53100/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53100/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53100/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53100
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
Neung-sur-Beuvron	41	232 km SE	1,259	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Sore	40	463 km S	1,179	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 73 %
Cérilly	03	352 km SE	1,316	47	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Guerlesquin	29	193 km W	1,285	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Beynat	19	425 km SE	1,318	54	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Vernoil-le-Fourrier	49	144 km SE	1,366	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 96 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vernoil-le-Fourrier	49	144 km SE	1,366	45.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 96 %
Guerlesquin	29	193 km W	1,285	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Neung-sur-Beuvron	41	232 km SE	1,259	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Cérilly	03	352 km SE	1,316	47	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Beynat	19	425 km SE	1,318	54	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Sore	40	463 km S	1,179	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 73 %

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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 Fougerolles-du-Plessis'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
Guerlesquin	29	193 km W	1,285	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Broglie	27	125 km NE	1,056	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vermand	02	338 km NE	1,104	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Varennes-en-Argonne	55	447 km E	636	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Spézet	29	205 km W	1,774	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Arzano	29	194 km W	1,441	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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