Saint-Ellier-du-Maine

Mayenne · CC du Bocage Mayennais · INSEE 53213

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

Few services 26/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Ellier-du-Maine (INSEE 53213) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Bocage Mayennais. Population 508 (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 26/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 17,729 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.46	10	4.6
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.35

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE SAINT ELLIER DU MAINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (OHANA BISTROT). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT ELLIER DU MAINE AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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)	1	LE SAINT ELLIER DU MAINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	OHANA BISTROT	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	SAINT ELLIER DU MAINE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 630 2023: 508 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 535 (2012) → 508 (2023): -5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 529 (1990) → 508 (2023): -4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 275, of which 6.5 % second homes and 14.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Bakery — 1.4 km SWPrimary school — 1.6 km SWPharmacy — 4.5 km EGP — 7.1 km SW 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 (Le Loroux): 1.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Ellier-du-Maine): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Chapelle-Fleurigné): 7.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montaudin): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Le Loroux): 1.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.1

Days at or below 0 °C 35.6

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-MARS/LA-FUTA weather station, 4.1 km away at 208 m; the village itself is at 190 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ERNEE, 13.2 km away at 168 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 911 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-MARS/LA-FUTA, 4.1 km away at 208 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53213/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53213/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53213/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53213/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35157
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53213
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35062
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53154
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
Esse	16	295 km SE	518	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Le Pas	53	26 km E	517	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Sérignac	82	523 km S	518	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Abzac	16	288 km SE	518	18.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Lesterps	16	300 km SE	439	15	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Treban	03	388 km SE	370	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Pas	53	26 km E	517	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Abzac	16	288 km SE	518	18.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Esse	16	295 km SE	518	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Lesterps	16	300 km SE	439	15	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Treban	03	388 km SE	370	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Sérignac	82	523 km S	518	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %

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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-Ellier-du-Maine'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
Le Pas	53	26 km E	517	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lougé-sur-Maire	61	69 km NE	312	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Malon-sur-Mel	35	85 km SW	618	44.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-de-Terregatte	50	27 km NW	645	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Servais	22	173 km W	435	11.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Mantilly	61	23 km NE	508	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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