Saint-Germain-le-Guillaume
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 29.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Germain-le-Guillaume (INSEE 53225) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC de l'Ernée. Population 507 (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 29.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 58 % of the 17,761 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 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.87 | 10 | 8.67 |
| Housing mix | 0.78 | 5 | 3.92 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (L'AMETHYSTE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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) | 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 | 1 | L'AMETHYSTE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 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 | 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
Population 477 (2012) → 507 (2023): 6.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 371 (1990) → 507 (2023): 36.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 232, of which 10.8 % second homes and 6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chailland): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Chailland): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Andouillé): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Andouillé): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Germain-le-Guillaume): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CHAILLAND weather station, 7.5 km away at 110 m; the village itself is at 117 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ERNEE, 14.2 km away at 168 m, over 29 summers. [11]
That station sits 51 m above 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 865 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CHAILLAND, 7.5 km away at 110 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 — 53225/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53225/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53225/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53225/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 53048
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 53005
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 53225
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trédias | 22 | 106 km W | 513 | 26.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sigy-en-Bray | 76 | 226 km NE | 490 | 28.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 61 % |
| Le Peyrat | 09 | 622 km S | 495 | 28.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 99 % · humidity 79 % |
| Desnes | 39 | 500 km E | 494 | 32.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gotein-Libarrenx | 64 | 558 km S | 479 | 26.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 54 % · humidity 29 % |
| Versailleux | 01 | 513 km SE | 497 | 31.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trédias | 22 | 106 km W | 513 | 26.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sigy-en-Bray | 76 | 226 km NE | 490 | 28.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 61 % |
| Desnes | 39 | 500 km E | 494 | 32.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Versailleux | 01 | 513 km SE | 497 | 31.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gotein-Libarrenx | 64 | 558 km S | 479 | 26.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 54 % · humidity 29 % |
| Le Peyrat | 09 | 622 km S | 495 | 28.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 99 % · 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-Germain-le-Guillaume'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niedermorschwihr | 68 | 601 km E | 537 | 26.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vimpelles | 77 | 296 km E | 512 | 31.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rosteig | 67 | 606 km E | 464 | 22.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Remy | 88 | 566 km E | 518 | 28.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montmelas-Saint-Sorlin | 69 | 478 km SE | 528 | 30.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lixy | 89 | 291 km E | 480 | 30.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
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