Montigné-le-Brillant

Mayenne · CA Laval Agglomération · INSEE 53157

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

Few services 31.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montigné-le-Brillant (INSEE 53157) is in Mayenne (53), part of CA Laval Agglomération. Population 1,366 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 31.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 12,276 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.82	10	8.16
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MC GOURMANDISES · SARL GOURMANDISES PERMISES). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PABLO PICASSO · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTIGNE LE BRILLANT RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (LAVAL AGGLO - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MONTIGNÉ-LE-BRILLANT). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (MAG'COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	MC GOURMANDISES · SARL GOURMANDISES PERMISES	INSEE BPE 2 / 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PABLO PICASSO · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE	INSEE BPE 2 [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	MONTIGNE LE BRILLANT RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	LAVAL AGGLO - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MONTIGNÉ-LE-BRILLANT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE ATHENA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	MAG'COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 559 2023: 1,366 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,261 (2012) → 1,366 (2023): 8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,038 (1990) → 1,366 (2023): 31.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 581, of which 2.4 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 3.9 km NEPharmacy — 4.1 km WGP — 6.1 km N 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 (Montigné-le-Brillant): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (L'Huisserie): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Laval): 6.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ahuillé): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Montigné-le-Brillant): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.9

Days at or below 0 °C 25.5

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LAVAL-ETRONNIER weather station, 5.9 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 72 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LAVAL-ETRONNIER, 5.9 km away at 100 m, over 14 summers. ^[12]

An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LAVAL-ETRONNIER, 5.9 km away at 100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53157/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53157/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53157/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53157/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53157
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53119
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53130
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53001
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-Marcel	01	496 km SE	1,340	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Bligny-lès-Beaune	21	439 km E	1,288	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Commer	53	30 km NE	1,286	25.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 68 %
Pexiora	11	572 km SE	1,266	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %
Souligné-sous-Ballon	72	80 km E	1,244	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 57 %
Nuillé-sur-Vicoin	53	3.4 km SE	1,247	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nuillé-sur-Vicoin	53	3.4 km SE	1,247	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Commer	53	30 km NE	1,286	25.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 68 %
Souligné-sous-Ballon	72	80 km E	1,244	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 57 %
Bligny-lès-Beaune	21	439 km E	1,288	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Marcel	01	496 km SE	1,340	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Pexiora	11	572 km SE	1,266	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 88 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Montigné-le-Brillant'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
Nuillé-sur-Vicoin	53	3.4 km SE	1,247	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Treize-Vents	85	121 km S	1,226	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-la-Poterie	56	106 km W	1,429	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pancé	35	65 km W	1,159	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Parné-sur-Roc	53	11 km E	1,378	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Chaussée	35	82 km W	1,298	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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