Laval
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Well served 86.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Laval (INSEE 53130) is in Mayenne (53), part of CA Laval Agglomération. Population 49,400 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/53130-laval
Vitality score
Vitality score 86.1/100 — Well served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).
Better served than 84 % of the 461 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 | 0.91 | 25 | 22.66 |
| Social | 1 | 20 | 19.99 |
| Education | 0.96 | 10 | 9.56 |
| Health | 0.92 | 10 | 9.18 |
| Public & culture | 0.47 | 5 | 2.36 |
| Population trend | 0.48 | 10 | 4.79 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.68 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
34 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L IMPERIAL). [3,4]
14 × Butcher (boucherie) (EARL TRAHAY · CHARCUTERIE DES GASTRONOMES · BOUCHERIE D'AVESNIERES · LES ELEVEURS DE LA CHARENTONNE). [3,4]
19 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BIOCOOP · EPICERIE BAZAR L ATLAS · L.M · MARCHE D ASIE · POMERAYE MARKET). [3,4]
9 × Supermarket (LIDL · INTERMARCHE · ALDI MARCHE · DOFA · SAS NICODIS). [3,4]
2 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (FROMAGERIE DESRUES · LES FROMAGES DE LAURA). [4]
1 × Fishmonger (LA MARINETTE DES HALLES). [3,4]
124 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LE PEKIN · LA TAVERNE TABLE DE CARACTERE · LE CHATEAU DE CHINE). [3,4]
59 × Café / bar (ETIENNE COFFEE & SHOP · LE YEARLING · LE DOMINGO · BAR DES ARTISTES · MIMOSA). [4]
11 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LOUIS PERGAUD · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ELISABETH ET ROBERT BADI · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LE PETIT PRINCE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE). [3]
25 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ALAIN MICHELET · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE THEVALLES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'APPLICATION GERMAINE TILLION). [3]
9 × Collège (COLLEGE PIERRE DUBOIS · COLLEGE EMMANUEL DE MARTONNE · COLLEGE JULES RENARD · COLLEGE ALAIN GERBAULT · COLLEGE JACQUES MONOD). [3]
36 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ADRIANA STAICU, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN CLISSON, MÉDECIN · VICTORIA OANCEA, MÉDECIN · VALERIE GELLUSSEAU, MÉDECIN · VALERY TAMDEM FOKO, MÉDECIN). [3]
15 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU THEATRE · PHARMACIE LEGAULT · PHARMACIE SAINT MICHEL · PHARMACIE DE FOURCHES · PHARMACIE GALOU). [3,4]
8 × Post office / agence postale (LAVAL LE BOURNY RP · LAVAL THEATRE RP · LAVAL FERRIE HILARD RP · LAVAL BURON RP · LAVAL KELLERMANN RP). [3]
3 × Library (LAVAL - BIBLIOTHÈQUE ALBERT-LEGENDRE · LAVAL - MÉDIATHÈQUE SAINT-NICOLAS · LAVAL AGGLO - MÉDIATHÈQUE LE 40). [3]
2 × Cinema (CINEVILLE · L'AVANT-SCENE CINEMA). [3]
22 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE DES FRANCS ARCHERS · GYMNASE RENE LECOZ · COMPLEXE SPORTIF SCOLAIRE MARCEL PAGNOL · COMPLEXE SPORTIF SCOLAIRE DE LA SENELLE · SALLE POLYVALENTE). [3]
45 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL LAVAL AVESNIERES · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE LAVAL SAINT TUGAL · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL LAVAL TROIS CROIX · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL LAVAL ST NICOLAS · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL LAVAL BRETAGNE). [3]
63 × Hairdresser (SARL ALAN COIFFURE · COIFFURE CHARTIER). [3,4]
8 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
12 × Hotel (KYRIAD LAVAL · FASTHÔTEL LAVAL · IBIS STYLES LAVAL CENTRE GARE · SOCIETE NOUVELLE PERIER DU BIGNON · BEST WESTERN HÔTEL DE PARIS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 8 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Supermarket, 1 × Fishmonger, 35 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 12 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 34 | L IMPERIAL | INSEE BPE 34 / INSEE SIRENE 37 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 14 | EARL TRAHAY · CHARCUTERIE DES GASTRONOMES · BOUCHERIE D'AVESNIERES · LES ELEVEURS DE LA CHARENTONNE | INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 19 | BIOCOOP · EPICERIE BAZAR L ATLAS · L.M · MARCHE D ASIE · POMERAYE MARKET | INSEE BPE 19 / INSEE SIRENE 44 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 9 | LIDL · INTERMARCHE · ALDI MARCHE · DOFA · SAS NICODIS | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 2 | FROMAGERIE DESRUES · LES FROMAGES DE LAURA | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Fishmonger | 1 | LA MARINETTE DES HALLES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 124 | RESTAURANT LE PEKIN · LA TAVERNE TABLE DE CARACTERE · LE CHATEAU DE CHINE | INSEE BPE 124 / INSEE SIRENE 187 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 59 | ETIENNE COFFEE & SHOP · LE YEARLING · LE DOMINGO · BAR DES ARTISTES · MIMOSA | INSEE SIRENE 59 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 11 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LOUIS PERGAUD · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE ELISABETH ET ROBERT BADI · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LE PETIT PRINCE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JULES VERNE | INSEE BPE 11 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 25 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ALAIN MICHELET · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MARCEL PAGNOL · ECOLE PRIMAIRE THEVALLES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE D'APPLICATION GERMAINE TILLION | INSEE BPE 25 [3] |
| Collège | 9 | COLLEGE PIERRE DUBOIS · COLLEGE EMMANUEL DE MARTONNE · COLLEGE JULES RENARD · COLLEGE ALAIN GERBAULT · COLLEGE JACQUES MONOD | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 36 | ADRIANA STAICU, MÉDECIN · ROMAIN CLISSON, MÉDECIN · VICTORIA OANCEA, MÉDECIN · VALERIE GELLUSSEAU, MÉDECIN · VALERY TAMDEM FOKO, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 36 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 15 | PHARMACIE DU THEATRE · PHARMACIE LEGAULT · PHARMACIE SAINT MICHEL · PHARMACIE DE FOURCHES · PHARMACIE GALOU | INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 8 | LAVAL LE BOURNY RP · LAVAL THEATRE RP · LAVAL FERRIE HILARD RP · LAVAL BURON RP · LAVAL KELLERMANN RP | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| Library | 3 | LAVAL - BIBLIOTHÈQUE ALBERT-LEGENDRE · LAVAL - MÉDIATHÈQUE SAINT-NICOLAS · LAVAL AGGLO - MÉDIATHÈQUE LE 40 | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Cinema | 2 | CINEVILLE · L'AVANT-SCENE CINEMA | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 22 | COMPLEXE DES FRANCS ARCHERS · GYMNASE RENE LECOZ · COMPLEXE SPORTIF SCOLAIRE MARCEL PAGNOL · COMPLEXE SPORTIF SCOLAIRE DE LA SENELLE · SALLE POLYVALENTE | INSEE BPE 22 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 45 | CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL LAVAL AVESNIERES · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE LAVAL SAINT TUGAL · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL LAVAL TROIS CROIX · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL LAVAL ST NICOLAS · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL LAVAL BRETAGNE | INSEE BPE 45 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 63 | SARL ALAN COIFFURE · COIFFURE CHARTIER | INSEE BPE 63 / INSEE SIRENE 97 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 8 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 12 | KYRIAD LAVAL · FASTHÔTEL LAVAL · IBIS STYLES LAVAL CENTRE GARE · SOCIETE NOUVELLE PERIER DU BIGNON · BEST WESTERN HÔTEL DE PARIS | INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 50,658 (2012) → 49,400 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 50,473 (1990) → 49,400 (2023): -2.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 29,835, of which 3.2 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Laval): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Laval): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Laval): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Laval): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Laval): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the LAVAL-ETRONNIER weather station, 4.9 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 56 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at LAVAL-ETRONNIER, 4.9 km away at 100 m, over 14 summers. [9]
An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at LAVAL-ETRONNIER, 4.9 km away at 100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53130/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53130/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53130/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53130/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 53130
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Évreux | 27 | 177 km NE | 49,360 | 88.2 | Well served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Abymes | 971 | 6,508 km W | 51,055 | 80.4 | Well served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 % |
| Blois | 41 | 166 km E | 47,219 | 83.6 | Well served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde | 19 | 369 km SE | 47,095 | 85.7 | Well served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bastia | 2B | 996 km SE | 46,867 | 86.1 | Well served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 % |
| Charleville-Mézières | 08 | 443 km NE | 45,560 | 83.9 | Well served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blois | 41 | 166 km E | 47,219 | 83.6 | Well served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 % |
| Évreux | 27 | 177 km NE | 49,360 | 88.2 | Well served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde | 19 | 369 km SE | 47,095 | 85.7 | Well served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 % |
| Charleville-Mézières | 08 | 443 km NE | 45,560 | 83.9 | Well served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bastia | 2B | 996 km SE | 46,867 | 86.1 | Well served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 % |
| Les Abymes | 971 | 6,508 km W | 51,055 | 80.4 | Well served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Laval'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 Roche-sur-Yon | 85 | 163 km S | 54,849 | 86.3 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cholet | 49 | 113 km S | 54,404 | 86.4 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Thonon-les-Bains | 74 | 579 km E | 37,928 | 82.8 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Goussainville | 95 | 262 km NE | 31,301 | 76.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Nazaire | 44 | 140 km SW | 74,568 | 89.1 | Well served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Armentières | 59 | 393 km NE | 26,998 | 72 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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