Saint-Cyr-en-Pail

Mayenne · CC du Mont des Avaloirs · INSEE 53208

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

Few services 27.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Cyr-en-Pail (INSEE 53208) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Mont des Avaloirs. Population 500 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 27.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 17,798 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.58	10	5.8
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ETOILE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Library (CCMA - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-CYR-EN-PAIL). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	1	L'ETOILE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	CCMA - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-CYR-EN-PAIL	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: 486 2023: 500 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 473 (2012) → 500 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 463 (1990) → 500 (2023): 8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 303, of which 16.2 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.3 km NEFood shop — 3.7 km NEBakery — 3.8 km NEPharmacy — 7.5 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 (Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Javron-les-Chapelles): 7.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Cyr-en-Pail): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.6

Days at or below 0 °C 39.2

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PRE-EN-PAIL_SAPC weather station, 4.6 km away at 277 m; the village itself is at 303 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LE HORPS, 15.1 km away at 268 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PRE-EN-PAIL_SAPC, 4.6 km away at 277 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 — 53208/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53208/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53208/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53208/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53185
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53121
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53208
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
Châteauneuf-Val-Saint-Donat	04	678 km SE	532	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Rivarennes	36	235 km SE	482	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Thurey	71	444 km SE	423	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Sornin	17	302 km S	415	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 %
La Genête	71	449 km SE	570	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Vincent-en-Bresse	71	444 km SE	586	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rivarennes	36	235 km SE	482	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sornin	17	302 km S	415	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 50 %
Thurey	71	444 km SE	423	29	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 93 %
Saint-Vincent-en-Bresse	71	444 km SE	586	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
La Genête	71	449 km SE	570	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 74 % · humidity 64 %
Châteauneuf-Val-Saint-Donat	04	678 km SE	532	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 73 % · 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-Cyr-en-Pail'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
Saint-Abraham	56	174 km W	552	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Lucheux	80	274 km NE	521	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mesnil-Guillaume	14	84 km NE	551	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Laurent-sur-Oust	56	170 km SW	396	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Caradec-Trégomel	56	235 km W	467	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Vironchaux	80	254 km NE	503	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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