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Saint-Baudelle

Mayenne · CC Mayenne Communauté · INSEE 53200

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

Few services 30.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Baudelle (INSEE 53200) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC Mayenne Communauté. Population 1,189 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/53200-saint-baudelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 13,260 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.2203.93
Education0.39103.93
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9854.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (SNC SAINT MATHURIN - CHARLES). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PAUL CEZANNE). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FREDERIQUE BOURCIER, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT BAUDELLE / CC MAYENNE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORT). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (ORMA COIFFURE). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1SNC SAINT MATHURIN - CHARLESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PAUL CEZANNEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1FREDERIQUE BOURCIER, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT BAUDELLE / CC MAYENNEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE OMNISPORTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1ORMA COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 215 peak 2012: 1,195 2023: 1,189 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,195 (2012) → 1,189 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 721 (1990) → 1,189 (2023): 64.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 505, of which 1 % second homes and 3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 0.5 km W (Saint-Baudelle)Bakery — 1.0 km NE (Mayenne)Food shop — 1.2 km NE (Mayenne)Pharmacy — 1.2 km NE (Mayenne)
In the commune GP Primary school — 0.5 km WBakery — 1.0 km NEFood shop — 1.2 km NEPharmacy — 1.2 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 (Mayenne): 1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Mayenne): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Baudelle): 0 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Mayenne): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Baudelle): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the MAYENNE weather station, 3.3 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 112 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at LE HORPS, 19.9 km away at 268 m, over 21 summers. [10]

That station sits 156 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MAYENNE, 3.3 km away at 138 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53200/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53200/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53200/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53200/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 53147
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 53200
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gruson59379 km NE1,20733Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Thélus62339 km NE1,31032.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Les Ageux60264 km NE1,15328.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Coutevroult77265 km E1,18728.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Hantay59356 km NE1,24445.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bois-Bernard62347 km NE83934.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Les Ageux60264 km NE1,15328.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Coutevroult77265 km E1,18728.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Thélus62339 km NE1,31032.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Bois-Bernard62347 km NE83934.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Hantay59356 km NE1,24445.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Gruson59379 km NE1,20733Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · 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 Saint-Baudelle'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gruson59379 km NE1,20733Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Les Ageux60264 km NE1,15328.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Coutevroult77265 km E1,18728.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Hantay59356 km NE1,24445.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bois-Bernard62347 km NE83934.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Carnin59360 km NE1,10533.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %