La Gravelle

Mayenne · CA Laval Agglomération · INSEE 53108

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

Few services 34.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Gravelle (INSEE 53108) is in Mayenne (53), part of CA Laval Agglomération. Population 557 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/53108-la-gravelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 17,464 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.67	10	6.68
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATISSERIE BIO FLEUR DE LUPIN). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (TIPIK REUNIONNAIS). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	PATISSERIE BIO FLEUR DE LUPIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	TIPIK REUNIONNAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	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	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 393 2023: 557 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 526 (2012) → 557 (2023): 5.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 477 (1990) → 557 (2023): 16.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 253, of which 1.6 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.5 km WFood shop — 4.0 km NGP — 4.5 km SWPharmacy — 4.6 km S 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 (La Gravelle): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pierre-la-Cour): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Pertre): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Pertre): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Gravelle): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.7

Days at or below 0 °C 44.8

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LAUNAY-VILLIERS weather station, 6.1 km away at 153 m; the village itself is at 161 m. ^[11]

An average of 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LAUNAY-VILLIERS, 6.1 km away at 153 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 — 53108/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53108/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53108/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53108/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53108
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53247
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35217
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-Jean-de-Thurac	47	456 km S	563	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 85 %
Gonsans	25	556 km E	554	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 58 %
Ebersmunster	67	633 km E	574	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 78 %
Le Thil	27	233 km NE	586	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Chagey	70	580 km E	596	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 74 %
Têche	38	584 km SE	596	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 74 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Thil	27	233 km NE	586	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Jean-de-Thurac	47	456 km S	563	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 85 %
Gonsans	25	556 km E	554	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 58 %
Chagey	70	580 km E	596	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 74 %
Têche	38	584 km SE	596	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 74 %
Ebersmunster	67	633 km E	574	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 78 %

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