Sacé

Mayenne · CC Mayenne Communauté · INSEE 53195

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

Few services 26.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sacé (INSEE 53195) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC Mayenne Communauté. Population 472 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/53195-sace

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 17,917 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.98	10	9.84
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.48

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SACÉ / CC MAYENNE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE EMILE ZOLA	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SACÉ / CC MAYENNE	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: 274 peak 2017: 499 2023: 472 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 469 (2012) → 472 (2023): 0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 318 (1990) → 472 (2023): 48.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 192, of which 5.2 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.2 km EFood shop — 3.7 km EPharmacy — 3.8 km EGP — 5.3 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 (Martigné-sur-Mayenne): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Martigné-sur-Mayenne): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Andouillé): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Martigné-sur-Mayenne): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sacé): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.8

Days at or below 0 °C 44.3

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ARGENTRE weather station, 11.1 km away at 107 m; the village itself is at 113 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LAVAL-ENTRAMMES, 17.2 km away at 99 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

An average of 816 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SACE, 2.1 km away at 113 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 — 53195/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53195/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53195/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53195/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53146
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53005
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53195
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
Béréziat	01	479 km SE	475	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 74 %
Boulogne-la-Grasse	60	296 km NE	472	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Félix-de-Rieutord	09	601 km S	468	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Cricq-Villeneuve	40	478 km S	472	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Ouen-sur-Loire	58	334 km SE	475	20.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Sotteville	50	169 km NW	485	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sotteville	50	169 km NW	485	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Boulogne-la-Grasse	60	296 km NE	472	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ouen-sur-Loire	58	334 km SE	475	20.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cricq-Villeneuve	40	478 km S	472	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 %
Béréziat	01	479 km SE	475	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Félix-de-Rieutord	09	601 km S	468	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Sacé'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
Boulogne-la-Grasse	60	296 km NE	472	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Escobille	91	200 km E	454	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Montilly	03	346 km SE	488	19.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Subligny	89	290 km E	508	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Houssay	53	30 km S	493	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Ancey	21	425 km E	451	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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