Pontmain

Mayenne · CC du Bocage Mayennais · INSEE 53181

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

Partly served 46/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pontmain (INSEE 53181) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Bocage Mayennais. Population 809 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/53181-pontmain

Vitality score

Vitality score 46/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 15,595 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.37	10	3.65
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA BOUCHERIE D'ANTOINE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (LE BLUEMARY). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Library (CCBM - MÉDIATHÈQUE DE PONTMAIN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE SPORTS PERISCOLAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SALON DE MARIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (CENTRE ML ET R BURON · RELAIS LE BOCAGE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA BOUCHERIE D'ANTOINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	LE BLUEMARY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ST MICHEL	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	PONTMAIN LPR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	CCBM - MÉDIATHÈQUE DE PONTMAIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DE SPORTS PERISCOLAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	SALON DE MARIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	2	CENTRE ML ET R BURON · RELAIS LE BOCAGE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 659 peak 1975: 969 2023: 809 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 881 (2012) → 809 (2023): -8.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 935 (1990) → 809 (2023): -13.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 421, of which 11.4 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 4.9 km NEGP — 5.2 km NE 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 (Pontmain): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pontmain): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Landivy): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Landivy): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Pontmain): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.1

Days at or below 0 °C 35.6

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-MARS/LA-FUTA weather station, 3.3 km away at 208 m; the village itself is at 163 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ERNEE, 17.3 km away at 168 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

An average of 911 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-MARS/LA-FUTA, 3.3 km away at 208 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 — 53181/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53181/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53181/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53181/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53181
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53125
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
Nancras	17	300 km S	794	56.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Maurice-sur-Eygues	26	654 km SE	787	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Autry-le-Châtel	45	288 km E	845	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 54 %
Plats	07	586 km SE	828	47.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Puy-Saint-Martin	26	626 km SE	827	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Autheuil-Authouillet	27	186 km NE	941	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Autheuil-Authouillet	27	186 km NE	941	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Autry-le-Châtel	45	288 km E	845	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 54 %
Nancras	17	300 km S	794	56.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Plats	07	586 km SE	828	47.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Puy-Saint-Martin	26	626 km SE	827	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Maurice-sur-Eygues	26	654 km SE	787	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Pontmain'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
Autheuil-Authouillet	27	186 km NE	941	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Breuil-en-Auge	14	129 km NE	952	60.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Roche-Bernard	56	138 km SW	746	68.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Parigné	35	9.8 km W	1,286	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Le Vivier-sur-Mer	35	56 km W	1,065	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ouën-des-Toits	53	35 km S	1,785	42	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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