Larchamp

Mayenne · CC de l'Ernée · INSEE 53126

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

Few services 25.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Larchamp (INSEE 53126) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC de l'Ernée. Population 1,001 (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/53126-larchamp

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 14,316 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.4	10	4.04
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCI BREIZH). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (CC ERNEE - BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LARCHAMP). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE SALON DE MATHILDE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COCCI BREIZH	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ST JOSEPH	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	LARCHAMP AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	CC ERNEE - BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LARCHAMP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE OMNISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	LE SALON DE MATHILDE	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: 1,268 2023: 1,001 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,057 (2012) → 1,001 (2023): -5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,107 (1990) → 1,001 (2023): -9.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 578, of which 7.8 % second homes and 14.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.7 km NPharmacy — 2.7 km NGP — 7.7 km W 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 (Montaudin): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Larchamp): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Chapelle-Fleurigné): 7.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montaudin): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Larchamp): 0.1 km to the south (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. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-MARS/LA-FUTA weather station, 7.7 km away at 208 m; the village itself is at 201 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ERNEE, 7.9 km away at 168 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 931 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ERNEE_, 7.2 km away at 120 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 — 53126/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53126/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53126/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53126/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53154
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53126
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35062
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-Hilaire-du-Maine	53	16 km S	797	38.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Brux	86	253 km S	777	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Tirepied-sur-Sée	50	43 km NW	957	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Thourie	35	67 km SW	868	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint Maurice Étusson	79	152 km S	895	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 89 %
Plumaugat	22	93 km W	1,160	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Hilaire-du-Maine	53	16 km S	797	38.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Tirepied-sur-Sée	50	43 km NW	957	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Thourie	35	67 km SW	868	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Plumaugat	22	93 km W	1,160	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint Maurice Étusson	79	152 km S	895	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 89 %
Brux	86	253 km S	777	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Larchamp'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
Plumaugat	22	93 km W	1,160	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Lanrelas	22	97 km W	874	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Juvigné	53	15 km S	1,327	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pluzunet	22	178 km W	1,017	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-des-Landes	53	10 km S	923	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Muel	35	90 km W	927	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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