Lassay-les-Châteaux

Mayenne · CC Mayenne Communauté · INSEE 53127

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

Served 61.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lassay-les-Châteaux (INSEE 53127) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC Mayenne Communauté. Population 2,247 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/53127-lassay-les-chateaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 61.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 8,851 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.41	10	4.14
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 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 3 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DELICES DE LASSAY · BOULANGERIE DU CHATEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE · 8 A HUIT). ^[3,4]

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA FROMAGERIE). ^[4]

6 × Restaurant (SJM · AUBERGE DU LASSAY · ADANA KEBAB · MILAN KEBAB). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BAR DES SPORTS · LE BRAZZA). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES 3 CHATEAUX · ECOLE MIXTE ST SAUVEUR - ST JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE VICTOR HUGO). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALINA ILIUTA, MÉDECIN · ROMUALD CHAN HON TONG, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE RAULINE MICHAUX · PHARMACIE DE LA ROSERAIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LASSAY LES CHATEAUX AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LASSAY-LES-CHÂTEAUX / CC MAYENNE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL ANJOU MAIN · CREDIT MUTUEL · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL LASSAY LES CHATEAUX). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (LAUMAILLE MANUELLA · LE SALOON · LE SALON D'ANAIS). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	AUX DELICES DE LASSAY · BOULANGERIE DU CHATEAU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	2	INTERMARCHE · 8 A HUIT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	1	LA FROMAGERIE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	SJM · AUBERGE DU LASSAY · ADANA KEBAB · MILAN KEBAB	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	BAR DES SPORTS · LE BRAZZA	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES 3 CHATEAUX · ECOLE MIXTE ST SAUVEUR - ST JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE VICTOR HUGO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ALINA ILIUTA, MÉDECIN · ROMUALD CHAN HON TONG, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE RAULINE MICHAUX · PHARMACIE DE LA ROSERAIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LASSAY LES CHATEAUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LASSAY-LES-CHÂTEAUX / CC MAYENNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL ANJOU MAIN · CREDIT MUTUEL · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL LASSAY LES CHATEAUX	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	3	LAUMAILLE MANUELLA · LE SALOON · LE SALON D'ANAIS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Wednesday 7h00 à 13h00 (mercredi); 16h00 à 20h00 (vendredi) place de la mairie. ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 2,783 2023: 2,247 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,390 (2012) → 2,247 (2023): -6 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 2,459 (1990) → 2,247 (2023): -8.6 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,386, of which 12.5 % second homes and 14.6 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 1.1 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 (Lassay-les-Châteaux): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Lassay-les-Châteaux): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Lassay-les-Châteaux): 1.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lassay-les-Châteaux): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Lassay-les-Châteaux): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.5

Days at or below 0 °C 25.7

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LE HORPS weather station, 5.4 km away at 268 m; the village itself is at 194 m. ^[11]

The village sits 74 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LE HORPS, 5.4 km away at 268 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 74 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LASSAY-LES-CHAT, 0.9 km away at 222 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 — 53127/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.lassay-les-chateaux.fr/au-quotidien/marches/— “Chaque mercredi matin, le marché s'installe sur la place de la mairie de 7h00 à 13h00”
DATAtourisme 2025-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/49/fd534e35-e9b8-3136-9ef2-fac84b8e9a91— “Place du 08 mai 1945 (place de la mairie), tous les mercredis matin.”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53127/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53127/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53127/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53127
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
Sauzé-entre-Bois	79	260 km S	2,271	56.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 77 %
Callac	22	216 km W	2,312	62.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Luzy	58	382 km SE	2,006	67.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Coullons	45	240 km E	2,231	52.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Morbier	39	533 km E	2,456	53.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Condette	62	291 km NE	2,443	58.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Callac	22	216 km W	2,312	62.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Coullons	45	240 km E	2,231	52.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 %
Sauzé-entre-Bois	79	260 km S	2,271	56.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 77 %
Condette	62	291 km NE	2,443	58.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Luzy	58	382 km SE	2,006	67.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Morbier	39	533 km E	2,456	53.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 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 Lassay-les-Châteaux'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
Callac	22	216 km W	2,312	62.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Condette	62	291 km NE	2,443	58.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Équihen-Plage	62	291 km NE	2,619	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Caumont-sur-Aure	14	76 km N	2,431	60	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Réguiny	56	174 km W	1,955	58.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Malansac	56	158 km SW	2,339	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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