Grez-en-Bouère

Mayenne · CC du Pays de Meslay-Grez · INSEE 53110

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

Partly served 55.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Grez-en-Bouère (INSEE 53110) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays de Meslay-Grez. Population 980 (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 55.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 14,456 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0.81	10	8.07
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.6	10	6.05
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCI MARKET). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ALFRED LEVROT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JEAN-BAPTISTE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LE GRAND CHAMP). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HUGO SANTOS, MÉDECIN · FABIEN CESARO, MÉDECIN · ETIENNE BURGUN, MÉDECIN · FRANCK MARTIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (CC MESLAY-GREZ - MÉDIATHÈQUE DE GREZ-EN-BOUÈRE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE EDOUARD REILLON). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (AU GREZ D'ELSA). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COCCI MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE ALFRED LEVROT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JEAN-BAPTISTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LE GRAND CHAMP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	HUGO SANTOS, MÉDECIN · FABIEN CESARO, MÉDECIN · ETIENNE BURGUN, MÉDECIN · FRANCK MARTIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU SQUARE	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	CC MESLAY-GREZ - MÉDIATHÈQUE DE GREZ-EN-BOUÈRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE EDOUARD REILLON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	AU GREZ D'ELSA	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: 1,093 2023: 980 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,003 (2012) → 980 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 887 (1990) → 980 (2023): 10.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 488, of which 4.7 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

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 (Grez-en-Bouère): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Grez-en-Bouère): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Grez-en-Bouère): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Grez-en-Bouère): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Grez-en-Bouère): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.1

Days at or below 0 °C 41.3

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 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the GREZ-EN-BOUERE weather station, 2.5 km away at 93 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at GREZ-EN-BOUERE, 2.5 km away at 93 m, over 21 summers. ^[9]

An average of 736 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at GREZ-EN-BOUERE, 2.5 km away at 93 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53110/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53110/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53110/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53110/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53110
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-Julien-de-Vouvantes	44	60 km SW	961	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
La Ville-aux-Clercs	41	120 km E	1,200	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Ménigoute	79	157 km S	846	50.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 96 %
La Chapelaude	03	280 km SE	938	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Neste	65	539 km S	964	46.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Poulaines	36	183 km SE	816	47.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes	44	60 km SW	961	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
La Ville-aux-Clercs	41	120 km E	1,200	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Ménigoute	79	157 km S	846	50.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 96 %
Poulaines	36	183 km SE	816	47.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelaude	03	280 km SE	938	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Neste	65	539 km S	964	46.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Grez-en-Bouère'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
La Chapelaude	03	280 km SE	938	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Neuvy-le-Roi	37	89 km E	1,048	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Droué	41	121 km E	999	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Vendômoise	41	134 km E	795	49.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Charroux	86	205 km S	1,036	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Velles	36	210 km SE	975	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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