Fromentières

Mayenne · CC du Pays de Château-Gontier · INSEE 53101

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

Few services 32.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fromentières (INSEE 53101) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays de Château-Gontier. Population 848 (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 32.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 15,303 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.86	10	8.61
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

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

1 × Restaurant (BAR RESTAURANT LE COIN DES SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (CC CHÂTEAU-GONTIER - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FROMENTIÈRES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LUCIE BOBARD - LE STUDIO DE LUCIE P). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	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	BAR RESTAURANT LE COIN DES SAVEURS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
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	CC CHÂTEAU-GONTIER - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FROMENTIÈRES	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	LUCIE BOBARD - LE STUDIO DE LUCIE P	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: 585 2023: 848 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 823 (2012) → 848 (2023): 3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 623 (1990) → 848 (2023): 36.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 366, of which 4.1 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.9 km SWBakery — 4.1 km SWGP — 4.6 km SWPharmacy — 4.7 km SW 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 (Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Fromentières): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.2

Days at or below 0 °C 43.6

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VILLIERS-CHARLE weather station, 7.4 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 51 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at GREZ-EN-BOUERE, 9.7 km away at 93 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VILLIERS-CHARLE, 7.4 km away at 67 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 — 53101/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53101/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53101/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53101/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53062
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53101
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
Contest	53	44 km N	834	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Fiennes	62	376 km NE	850	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Serbannes	03	363 km SE	854	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Illeville-sur-Montfort	27	192 km NE	856	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 88 %
Bougue	40	442 km S	833	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
Mogneneins	01	457 km SE	841	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Contest	53	44 km N	834	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 95 %
Illeville-sur-Montfort	27	192 km NE	856	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 88 %
Serbannes	03	363 km SE	854	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Fiennes	62	376 km NE	850	29.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bougue	40	442 km S	833	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
Mogneneins	01	457 km SE	841	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 93 %

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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 Fromentières'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
Prunay-en-Yvelines	78	197 km NE	808	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Visseiche	35	49 km W	881	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Vergéal	35	49 km NW	806	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Arnoult-des-Bois	28	159 km NE	897	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Marsangy	89	293 km E	870	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Le Tablier	85	152 km S	765	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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