La Pallu

Identity

La Pallu (INSEE 53173) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Mont des Avaloirs. Population 171 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/53173-la-pallu

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 15,020 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (MTA CLUB). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 182 (2012) → 171 (2023): -6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 138 (1990) → 171 (2023): 23.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 152, of which 21.1 % second homes and 24.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Ferté Macé): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Neuilly-le-Vendin): 2.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson): 8.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Rives d'Andaine): 8.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Neuilly-le-Vendin): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the PRE-EN-PAIL_SAPC weather station, 10.5 km away at 277 m; the village itself is at 186 m. ^[12]

The village sits 91 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at LE HORPS, 15.3 km away at 268 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 82 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PRE-EN-PAIL_SAPC, 10.5 km away at 277 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

21 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 99,900 € — 678 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Mayenne is 1,254 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53173/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53173/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53173/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53173/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61168
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 53164
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 53185
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61096
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025