Pommerieux

Mayenne · CC du Pays de Craon · INSEE 53180

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

Few services 29.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pommerieux (INSEE 53180) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays de Craon. Population 667 (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 29.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 16,643 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.64	10	6.36
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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 × Café / bar (LE POM'S). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (CC CRAON - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE POMMERIEUX). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	LE POM'S	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PRODHOMME ARTHUR	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	CC CRAON - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE POMMERIEUX	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	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: 612 peak 2012: 689 2023: 667 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 689 (2012) → 667 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 587 (1990) → 667 (2023): 13.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 285, of which 3.2 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.4 km NWBakery — 4.7 km NWPharmacy — 4.7 km NWGP — 5.3 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 (Craon): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Craon): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Craon): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Craon): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pommerieux): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14

Days at or below 0 °C 41.5

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 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CRAON weather station, 4.3 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 65 m. ^[10]

An average of 763 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CRAON, 4.3 km away at 50 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 — 53180/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53180/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53180/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53180/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53084
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53180
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
Arquenay	53	31 km NE	674	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Sainte-Austreberthe	76	241 km NE	662	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Sixte	42	436 km SE	669	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 55 %
Orignolles	17	293 km S	698	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 93 %
Berville-en-Caux	76	245 km NE	698	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 89 %
Penguily	22	133 km NW	617	34	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 99 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Arquenay	53	31 km NE	674	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Penguily	22	133 km NW	617	34	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 99 %
Sainte-Austreberthe	76	241 km NE	662	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 82 %
Berville-en-Caux	76	245 km NE	698	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 89 %
Orignolles	17	293 km S	698	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Sixte	42	436 km SE	669	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 55 %

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