Saint-Denis-de-Gastines
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 38.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Denis-de-Gastines (INSEE 53211) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC de l'Ernée. Population 1,463 (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 38.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 46 % of the 11,818 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.59 | 20 | 11.7 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.35 | 10 | 3.5 |
| Housing mix | 0.86 | 5 | 4.29 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [4,3]
3 × Restaurant (EURL DUFOUR MARIE PIERRE · LE FOURNIL DES ABEILLES). [4,3]
1 × Café / bar (CAFE DU CENTRE). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE ST JOSEPH). [4]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ERNESTO ANTONIO HERRERA CAMPOS, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT DENIS DE GASTINES AP). [4]
1 × Library (CC ERNEE - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-DENIS-DE-GASTINES). [4]
1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE JEAN DE COUEDIC). [4]
2 × Hairdresser (COIFF'STYLE). [4,3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 3 | EURL DUFOUR MARIE PIERRE · LE FOURNIL DES ABEILLES | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3] |
| Café / bar | 1 | CAFE DU CENTRE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [3] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE ST JOSEPH | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | ERNESTO ANTONIO HERRERA CAMPOS, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SAINT DENIS DE GASTINES AP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 1 | CC ERNEE - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-DENIS-DE-GASTINES | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | STADE JEAN DE COUEDIC | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | COIFF'STYLE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,635 (2012) → 1,463 (2023): -10.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,721 (1990) → 1,463 (2023): -15 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 808, of which 7.1 % second homes and 11 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Montenay): 6.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Ernée): 7.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Denis-de-Gastines): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Montenay): 6.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Denis-de-Gastines): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ERNEE weather station, 9.1 km away at 168 m; the village itself is at 222 m. [11]
The village sits 54 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ERNEE, 9.1 km away at 168 m, over 29 summers. [11]
That station sits 54 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 931 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ERNEE_, 6.7 km away at 120 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 — 53211/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53211/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53211/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53211/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 53155
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 53096
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 53211
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rions | 33 | 411 km S | 1,470 | 41.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 86 % · humidity 29 % |
| Marsac-sur-Don | 44 | 103 km SW | 1,524 | 42.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 % |
| Gamarde-les-Bains | 40 | 513 km S | 1,583 | 45.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 93 % · humidity 14 % |
| Arlay | 39 | 511 km E | 1,182 | 33.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vergigny | 89 | 342 km E | 1,486 | 31.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saché | 37 | 161 km SE | 1,403 | 46.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsac-sur-Don | 44 | 103 km SW | 1,524 | 42.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 99 % |
| Saché | 37 | 161 km SE | 1,403 | 46.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vergigny | 89 | 342 km E | 1,486 | 31.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rions | 33 | 411 km S | 1,470 | 41.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 86 % · humidity 29 % |
| Arlay | 39 | 511 km E | 1,182 | 33.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gamarde-les-Bains | 40 | 513 km S | 1,583 | 45.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 93 % · humidity 14 % |
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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-Denis-de-Gastines'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-Carreuc | 22 | 139 km W | 1,576 | 33.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Gérand-Croixanvec | 56 | 152 km W | 1,312 | 38 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mont-Bernanchon | 62 | 352 km NE | 1,317 | 36.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Roybon | 38 | 577 km SE | 1,091 | 39.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Meslan | 56 | 195 km W | 1,479 | 38.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Loyat | 56 | 120 km W | 1,750 | 41.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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