Saint-Germain-le-Fouilloux

Mayenne · CA Laval Agglomération · INSEE 53224

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 25.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-le-Fouilloux (INSEE 53224) is in Mayenne (53), part of CA Laval Agglomération. Population 1,172 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/53224-saint-germain-le-fouilloux

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 13,364 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	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MIE GERMAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE-COEUR). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (TONY-E · NESS COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA MIE GERMAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE-COEUR	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	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	2	TONY-E · NESS COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 509 2023: 1,172 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,072 (2012) → 1,172 (2023): 9.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 596 (1990) → 1,172 (2023): 96.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 473, of which 1.9 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.1 km SPharmacy — 4.1 km SGP — 4.3 km N 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 (Saint-Germain-le-Fouilloux): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Changé): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Andouillé): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Changé): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Germain-le-Fouilloux): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.8

Days at or below 0 °C 44.3

Muggy days a summer 0.8

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ARGENTRE weather station, 11.2 km away at 107 m; the village itself is at 99 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LAVAL-ENTRAMMES, 12.2 km away at 99 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

An average of 816 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SACE, 7.3 km away at 113 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 — 53224/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53224/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53224/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53224/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53224
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53054
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53005
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
Laquenexy	57	532 km E	1,255	26.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Recy	51	387 km E	1,093	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chambry	77	287 km E	1,064	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Vergeroux	17	242 km S	1,279	25.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Aydoilles	88	546 km E	1,018	20	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Guessling-Hémering	57	557 km E	925	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vergeroux	17	242 km S	1,279	25.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Chambry	77	287 km E	1,064	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Recy	51	387 km E	1,093	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Laquenexy	57	532 km E	1,255	26.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Aydoilles	88	546 km E	1,018	20	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Guessling-Hémering	57	557 km E	925	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %

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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-Germain-le-Fouilloux'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
Recy	51	387 km E	1,093	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chambry	77	287 km E	1,064	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Aubin-des-Bois	28	163 km E	1,159	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Les Granges-le-Roi	91	212 km E	1,197	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Crouy-en-Thelle	60	258 km NE	1,092	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Sarceaux	61	85 km NE	1,063	19.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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