Montenay

Mayenne · CC de l'Ernée · INSEE 53155

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

Few services 36/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montenay (INSEE 53155) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC de l'Ernée. Population 1,291 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/53155-montenay

Vitality score

Vitality score 36/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 12,747 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.4	10	4.01
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.43

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 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) (L'OSCENCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE BARKOAZ). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (NATHALIE MENAGER, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE CREUZE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES ORMEAUX). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (CC ERNEE - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MONTENAY). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (D'UN CHEVEU A L'AUTRE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'OSCENCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE BARKOAZ	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	NATHALIE MENAGER, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE CREUZE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES ORMEAUX	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	MONTENAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	CC ERNEE - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MONTENAY	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	D'UN CHEVEU A L'AUTRE	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: 1,084 peak 1990: 1,433 2023: 1,291 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,363 (2012) → 1,291 (2023): -5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,433 (1990) → 1,291 (2023): -9.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 636, of which 5.7 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 2.3 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 (Montenay): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ernée): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montenay): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montenay): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montenay): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11

Days at or below 0 °C 53.9

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHAILLAND weather station, 4.5 km away at 110 m; the village itself is at 125 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ERNEE, 5.1 km away at 168 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 931 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ERNEE_, 4.3 km away at 120 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

95 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 102,500 € — 1,008 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Mayenne is 1,254 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53155/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53155/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53155/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53155/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53096
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Marmagne	71	426 km E	1,283	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Cluse-et-Mijoux	25	568 km E	1,310	42.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Grésy-sur-Isère	73	619 km SE	1,195	44	Partly served	no figures
Mont-sous-Vaudrey	39	508 km E	1,309	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Beaulieu-sur-Layon	49	111 km S	1,345	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Branne	33	388 km S	1,296	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beaulieu-sur-Layon	49	111 km S	1,345	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Branne	33	388 km S	1,296	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Marmagne	71	426 km E	1,283	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Mont-sous-Vaudrey	39	508 km E	1,309	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
La Cluse-et-Mijoux	25	568 km E	1,310	42.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Grésy-sur-Isère	73	619 km SE	1,195	44	Partly served	no figures

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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 Montenay'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
Tillé	60	256 km NE	1,258	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Tronville-en-Barrois	55	457 km E	1,302	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubert	59	379 km NE	1,570	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Verzenay	51	382 km E	991	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Choisy-en-Brie	77	308 km E	1,354	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Nouvion	80	289 km NE	1,196	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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