Gesvres

Mayenne · CC du Mont des Avaloirs · INSEE 53106

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

Few services 28.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gesvres (INSEE 53106) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Mont des Avaloirs. Population 539 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/53106-gesvres

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 17,568 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	0.6	10	6.02
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.04

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 1 of 1

Culture 0 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 (CREPERIE DES DES' LYS DE GESVRES). ^[3,4]

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

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

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, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	CREPERIE DES DES' LYS DE GESVRES	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 BERTHE RENARD	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	GESVRES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	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 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 625 2023: 539 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 542 (2012) → 539 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 489 (1990) → 539 (2023): 10.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 332, of which 9.6 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 4.3 km NEPharmacy — 4.6 km NEBakery — 4.7 km NEFood shop — 4.7 km NE 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-Pierre-des-Nids): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pierre-des-Nids): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Pierre-des-Nids): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Pierre-des-Nids): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Gesvres): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.7

Days at or below 0 °C 50.4

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the COURCITE_SAPC weather station, 8 km away at 172 m; the village itself is at 203 m. ^[10]

An average of 793 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at COURCITE_SAPC, 8 km away at 172 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 — 53106/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53106/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53106/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53106/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53246
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53106
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
Beaupouyet	24	376 km S	553	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Léger-du-Bois	71	375 km E	505	28.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 92 %
Les Lèves-et-Thoumeyragues	33	398 km S	561	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 97 %
Neuvy-Bouin	79	190 km S	487	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 96 %
Le Breuil	03	376 km SE	524	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 86 %
Condéon	16	329 km S	606	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Neuvy-Bouin	79	190 km S	487	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 96 %
Condéon	16	329 km S	606	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 100 %
Saint-Léger-du-Bois	71	375 km E	505	28.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 92 %
Le Breuil	03	376 km SE	524	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 86 %
Beaupouyet	24	376 km S	553	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 89 %
Les Lèves-et-Thoumeyragues	33	398 km S	561	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 97 %

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