Le Pas

Mayenne · CC du Bocage Mayennais · INSEE 53176

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

Few services 31.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Pas (INSEE 53176) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Bocage Mayennais. Population 517 (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/53176-le-pas

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,723 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.38	10	3.82
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.37

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ JULIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE PAS AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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)	1	CHEZ JULIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE	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	1	LE PAS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 826 2023: 517 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 530 (2012) → 517 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 586 (1990) → 517 (2023): -11.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 294, of which 16.3 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.0 km NEPharmacy — 6.2 km SEGP — 6.3 km SE 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 (Soucé): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Pas): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ambrières-les-Vallées): 6.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ambrières-les-Vallées): 6.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Pas): 0.3 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

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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. ^[11]

Measured at the MAYENNE weather station, 14 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 150 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LE HORPS, 19.5 km away at 268 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 118 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 867 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at AMBRIERES-LES-V, 5.5 km away at 128 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53176/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53176/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53176/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53176/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53261
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53176
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53003
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
Sully	71	418 km E	486	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Champgenéteux	53	30 km SE	492	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Treban	03	369 km SE	370	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-en-Lignières	18	287 km SE	504	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Sérignac	82	519 km S	518	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Sillars	86	250 km SE	584	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Champgenéteux	53	30 km SE	492	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Sillars	86	250 km SE	584	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hilaire-en-Lignières	18	287 km SE	504	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Treban	03	369 km SE	370	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Sully	71	418 km E	486	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Sérignac	82	519 km S	518	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Le Pas'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
Saint-Ellier-du-Maine	53	26 km W	508	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie	53	23 km W	522	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Verneil-le-Chétif	72	107 km SE	584	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Malon-sur-Mel	35	110 km W	618	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Chanteix	19	390 km SE	596	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Verosvres	71	448 km SE	423	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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