Moulay

Mayenne · CC Mayenne Communauté · INSEE 53162

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

Partly served 43.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Moulay (INSEE 53162) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC Mayenne Communauté. Population 973 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/53162-moulay

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 14,462 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	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.56	10	5.59
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

3 × Restaurant (LA MARJOLAINE · LA FRINGALE · BEAU RIVAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ MARLENE). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CYRILLE LEROY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MOULAY RP). ^[3]

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

2 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DE CORALIE · AUX CISEAUX DE SOL'AYA). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (HÔTEL LA MARJOLAINE · BEAU RIVAGE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, 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	3	LA MARJOLAINE · LA FRINGALE · BEAU RIVAGE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CHEZ MARLENE	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)	1	CYRILLE LEROY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	MOULAY RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	L'ATELIER DE CORALIE · AUX CISEAUX DE SOL'AYA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	HÔTEL LA MARJOLAINE · BEAU RIVAGE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 297 peak 2012: 984 2023: 973 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 984 (2012) → 973 (2023): -1.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 919 (1990) → 973 (2023): 5.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 505, of which 2 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 0.7 km NEBakery — 1.7 km NFood shop — 2.0 km NPharmacy — 2.0 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 (Mayenne): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mayenne): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Moulay): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Mayenne): 2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Moulay): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.9

Days at or below 0 °C 39.9

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 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MAYENNE weather station, 4.6 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 116 m. ^[10]

An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MAYENNE, 4.6 km away at 138 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53162/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53162/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53162/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53162/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53147
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53162
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
Marcilly-d'Azergues	69	485 km SE	1,066	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 96 %
Meyrié	38	541 km SE	1,096	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 91 %
Igney	88	520 km E	1,133	27.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 53 %
Ville-en-Sallaz	74	582 km E	899	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 22 %
Toussus-le-Noble	78	209 km E	1,172	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Machilly	74	571 km E	1,152	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Toussus-le-Noble	78	209 km E	1,172	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 95 %
Marcilly-d'Azergues	69	485 km SE	1,066	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 96 %
Igney	88	520 km E	1,133	27.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 53 %
Meyrié	38	541 km SE	1,096	38.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 91 %
Machilly	74	571 km E	1,152	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %
Ville-en-Sallaz	74	582 km E	899	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 22 %

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Elsewhere

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