Montjean

Mayenne · CA Laval Agglomération · INSEE 53158

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

Few services 30.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montjean (INSEE 53158) is in Mayenne (53), part of CA Laval Agglomération. Population 1,020 (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/53158-montjean

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 14,214 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.87	10	8.75
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPI SERVICES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (LAVAL AGGLO - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MONTJEAN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ESPRIT D'HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPI SERVICES	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	LAVAL AGGLO - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MONTJEAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	ESPRIT D'HAIR	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: 709 peak 2017: 1,036 2023: 1,020 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,016 (2012) → 1,020 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 742 (1990) → 1,020 (2023): 37.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 453, of which 3.1 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.7 km WBakery — 5.7 km SWPharmacy — 6.4 km NGP — 6.5 km NW 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 (Méral): 5.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beaulieu-sur-Oudon): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Pertre): 6.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Loiron-Ruillé): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Montjean): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.7

Days at or below 0 °C 41.3

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the COSSE-LE-VIVIEN weather station, 5.2 km away at 95 m; the village itself is at 81 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at LAVAL-ETRONNIER, 16.1 km away at 100 m, over 14 summers. ^[13]

An average of 806 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at COSSE-LE-VIVIEN, 5.2 km away at 95 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53158/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53158/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53158/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53158/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53151
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53026
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35217
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53137
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53158
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
Cavanac	11	596 km SE	1,021	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %
Marpiré	35	32 km NW	1,023	31.8	Few services	no figures
Serres-Morlaàs	64	523 km S	870	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Péroy-les-Gombries	60	308 km NE	1,224	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Ardillières	17	217 km S	890	42.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Sainte-Florence	85	135 km S	1,359	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marpiré	35	32 km NW	1,023	31.8	Few services	no figures
Sainte-Florence	85	135 km S	1,359	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 97 %
Ardillières	17	217 km S	890	42.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Péroy-les-Gombries	60	308 km NE	1,224	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Serres-Morlaàs	64	523 km S	870	40.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 %
Cavanac	11	596 km SE	1,021	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 72 % · 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 Montjean'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
Péroy-les-Gombries	60	308 km NE	1,224	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Brains-sur-Gée	72	69 km E	757	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
La Rabatelière	85	129 km S	1,024	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-Bellenger	27	209 km NE	1,056	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Dieudonné	60	272 km NE	987	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-Anthenaise	53	25 km NE	970	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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