Quelaines-Saint-Gault

Mayenne · CC du Pays de Craon · INSEE 53186

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

Partly served 49.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Quelaines-Saint-Gault (INSEE 53186) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays de Craon. Population 2,152 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/53186-quelaines-saint-gault

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 67 % of the 9,132 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.77	10	7.73
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL BOULANGERIE PROD'HOMME). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (ADRILOU). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (AU QG RESTAURANT DE VILLAGE). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MAURICE CAREME · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SANDRINE BOUVET, MÉDECIN · ELEONORA MARTINIUC, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (QUELAINES SAINT GAULT AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (CC CRAON - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE QUELAINES-SAINT-GAULT). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE SPORTIF). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (LE TEMPS D'UNE COUPE · QUINTESSENCE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Nursery school (maternelle), 1 × Pharmacy.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	SARL BOULANGERIE PROD'HOMME	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	ADRILOU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MALBRU	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	1	AU QG RESTAURANT DE VILLAGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE MAURICE CAREME · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	SANDRINE BOUVET, MÉDECIN · ELEONORA MARTINIUC, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	QUELAINES SAINT GAULT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	CC CRAON - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE QUELAINES-SAINT-GAULT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	ESPACE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	LE TEMPS D'UNE COUPE · QUINTESSENCE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 1,594 peak 2017: 2,157 2023: 2,152 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,069 (2012) → 2,152 (2023): 4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,691 (1990) → 2,152 (2023): 27.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,007, of which 1.5 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 8.3 km W 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 (Quelaines-Saint-Gault): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Quelaines-Saint-Gault): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Quelaines-Saint-Gault): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cossé-le-Vivien): 8.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Quelaines-Saint-Gault): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.2

Days at or below 0 °C 43.6

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VILLIERS-CHARLE weather station, 6.5 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 96 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LAVAL-ETRONNIER, 12.6 km away at 100 m, over 14 summers. ^[10]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VILLIERS-CHARLE, 6.5 km away at 67 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53186/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53186/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53186/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53186/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53186
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53077
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
Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu	38	541 km SE	2,148	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Manziat	01	465 km E	2,018	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 74 %
Ossun	65	531 km S	2,358	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Briatexte	81	509 km SE	1,938	53.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Cherveux	79	171 km S	1,885	50.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Asson	64	533 km S	1,982	44.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cherveux	79	171 km S	1,885	50.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Manziat	01	465 km E	2,018	54.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 74 %
Briatexte	81	509 km SE	1,938	53.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Ossun	65	531 km S	2,358	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Asson	64	533 km S	1,982	44.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu	38	541 km SE	2,148	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Quelaines-Saint-Gault'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
Menetou-Salon	18	259 km E	1,626	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Sours	28	186 km E	1,959	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Marmagne	18	249 km E	1,963	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Ahuillé	53	12 km NW	1,852	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Domagné	35	47 km W	2,491	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-le-Comte	77	286 km E	1,872	62.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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