Madré

Identity

Madré (INSEE 53142) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Mont des Avaloirs. Population 280 (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/53142-madre

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 17,687 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MADRE AP). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Hotel.

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 347 (2012) → 280 (2023): -19.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 362 (1990) → 280 (2023): -22.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 260, of which 34.2 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Ferté Macé): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Neuilly-le-Vendin): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Javron-les-Chapelles): 7.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Rives d'Andaine): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Neuilly-le-Vendin): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LE HORPS weather station, 9.1 km away at 268 m; the village itself is at 167 m. ^[12]

The village sits 101 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LE HORPS, 9.1 km away at 268 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 101 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LASSAY-LES-CHAT, 8.8 km away at 222 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

45 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 70,000 € — 636 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Mayenne is 1,254 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53142/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53142/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53142/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53142/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61168
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 53164
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 53121
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61096
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025