Saint-Hilaire-du-Maine

Mayenne · CC de l'Ernée · INSEE 53226

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

Few services 38.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Hilaire-du-Maine (INSEE 53226) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC de l'Ernée. Population 797 (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 38.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 15,678 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.76	10	7.59
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.37

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Café / bar (LE SAINT HILAIRE). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (CC ERNEE - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-HILAIRE-DU-MAINE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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 HILAIRE	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	LE SAINT HILAIRE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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	1	SAINT HILAIRE DU MAINE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	CC ERNEE - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-HILAIRE-DU-MAINE	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	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: 824 peak 2017: 863 2023: 797 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 833 (2012) → 797 (2023): -4.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 633 (1990) → 797 (2023): 25.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 363, of which 6.3 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 4.2 km EGP — 5.4 km SEPharmacy — 7.2 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 (Chailland): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (La Baconnière): 5.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ernée): 7.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Hilaire-du-Maine): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.9

Days at or below 0 °C 57.1

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CHAILLAND weather station, 3 km away at 110 m; the village itself is at 165 m. ^[12]

The village sits 55 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. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ERNEE, 8.1 km away at 168 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

An average of 865 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHAILLAND, 3 km away at 110 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 — 53226/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53226/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53226/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53226/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53048
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53226
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53015
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53096
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
Brux	86	237 km S	777	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Larchamp	53	16 km N	1,001	25.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-sur-Reyssouze	01	495 km E	762	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 92 %
Thourie	35	58 km SW	868	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Saint Maurice Étusson	79	136 km S	895	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 82 %
Tirepied-sur-Sée	50	59 km NW	957	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Larchamp	53	16 km N	1,001	25.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Thourie	35	58 km SW	868	35.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Tirepied-sur-Sée	50	59 km NW	957	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint Maurice Étusson	79	136 km S	895	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 82 %
Brux	86	237 km S	777	37.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Jean-sur-Reyssouze	01	495 km E	762	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 92 %

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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-Hilaire-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
Tirepied-sur-Sée	50	59 km NW	957	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Vautorte	53	11 km NE	607	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Meuzac	87	348 km SE	743	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Laons	28	164 km E	648	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Château-Chervix	87	339 km SE	781	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Priest-la-Feuille	23	292 km SE	718	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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