Montreuil-Poulay

Mayenne · CC Mayenne Communauté · INSEE 53160

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 32.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montreuil-Poulay (INSEE 53160) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC Mayenne Communauté. Population 373 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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 32.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 18,034 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	25	0
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.52	10	5.25
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (O BAS DU BOURG). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DE LA N.E.F.). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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)	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	O BAS DU BOURG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BAR DE LA N.E.F.	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LUCIE AUBRAC	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 502 2023: 373 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 407 (2012) → 373 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 364 (1990) → 373 (2023): 2.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 259, of which 13.5 % second homes and 20.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.8 km SFood shop — 5.0 km NWBakery — 6.3 km NPharmacy — 6.3 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 (Lassay-les-Châteaux): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chantrigné): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Champéon): 1.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lassay-les-Châteaux): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montreuil-Poulay): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9

Days at or below 0 °C 51.5

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MARCILLE-LA-VIL weather station, 5 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 219 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at LE HORPS, 6.4 km away at 268 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

An average of 961 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE-HORPS, 4.5 km away at 227 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 — 53160/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53160/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53160/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53160/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53127
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53055
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53051
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53160
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
Aubigné-sur-Layon	49	130 km S	347	39	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Mestes	19	387 km SE	341	36	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Buncey	21	382 km E	357	31	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Céaux	50	70 km NW	414	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Rosay	78	172 km E	387	37	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison	84	632 km SE	334	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Céaux	50	70 km NW	414	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Aubigné-sur-Layon	49	130 km S	347	39	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Rosay	78	172 km E	387	37	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Buncey	21	382 km E	357	31	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Mestes	19	387 km SE	341	36	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison	84	632 km SE	334	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Montreuil-Poulay'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
Cenves	69	455 km SE	409	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Conflans-sur-Anille	72	106 km SE	468	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Montanges	01	537 km SE	369	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Hadancourt-le-Haut-Clocher	60	196 km NE	376	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Montreuil-sur-Epte	95	184 km NE	377	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saudoy	51	314 km E	377	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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