Saint-Aubin-du-Désert

Mayenne · CC du Mont des Avaloirs · INSEE 53198

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 6.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 2 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Aubin-du-Désert (INSEE 53198) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Mont des Avaloirs. Population 227 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 6.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 2 % of the 16,726 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.35	10	3.47
Housing mix	0.41	5	2.05

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	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)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	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	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 389 2023: 227 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 280 (2012) → 227 (2023): -18.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 268 (1990) → 227 (2023): -15.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 190, of which 29.5 % second homes and 13.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.7 km NWBakery — 3.9 km WFood shop — 6.8 km NWPharmacy — 7.4 km NWGP — 7.5 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 (Courcité): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villaines-la-Juhel): 6.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villaines-la-Juhel): 7.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villaines-la-Juhel): 7.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Averton): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.7

Days at or below 0 °C 50.4

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COURCITE_SAPC weather station, 2.4 km away at 172 m; the village itself is at 170 m. ^[11]

An average of 793 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COURCITE_SAPC, 2.4 km away at 172 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 — 53198/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53198/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53198/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53198/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53083
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53271
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53013
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
Esclauzels	46	454 km S	224	14.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 10 % · winter 99 %
Château	71	417 km SE	229	13.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 54 %
Fontaine-Raoul	41	105 km E	231	11.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 99 %
Carnac-Rouffiac	46	447 km S	231	9.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 99 %
Le Quartier	63	330 km SE	225	6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 38 %
Saint-Marcel-Campes	81	499 km S	239	8.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 78 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fontaine-Raoul	41	105 km E	231	11.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 99 %
Le Quartier	63	330 km SE	225	6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 38 %
Château	71	417 km SE	229	13.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 54 %
Carnac-Rouffiac	46	447 km S	231	9.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 99 %
Esclauzels	46	454 km S	224	14.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 10 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Marcel-Campes	81	499 km S	239	8.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 23 % · winter 78 %

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