Saint-Loup-du-Gast
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 10.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Loup-du-Gast (INSEE 53234) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Bocage Mayennais. Population 313 (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 10.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 8 % of the 17,885 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.53 | 10 | 5.33 |
| Housing mix | 0.72 | 5 | 3.62 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 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 362 (2012) → 313 (2023): -13.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 303 (1990) → 313 (2023): 3.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 174, of which 13.8 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Ambrières-les-Vallées): 3.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Ambrières-les-Vallées): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Ambrières-les-Vallées): 3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Ambrières-les-Vallées): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (La Haie-Traversaine): 2.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the MAYENNE weather station, 9.1 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 131 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LE HORPS, 11 km away at 268 m, over 21 summers. [10]
That station sits 137 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 867 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at AMBRIERES-LES-V, 5.3 km away at 128 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53234/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53234/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53234/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53234/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 53003
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 53111
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sérigny | 86 | 179 km SE | 315 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Mandé-sur-Brédoire | 17 | 263 km S | 315 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Magneville | 50 | 137 km NW | 321 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Julien-Innocence-Eulalie | 24 | 414 km S | 311 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
| Brélidy | 22 | 196 km W | 334 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Avessé | 72 | 54 km SE | 332 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avessé | 72 | 54 km SE | 332 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 100 % |
| Magneville | 50 | 137 km NW | 321 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sérigny | 86 | 179 km SE | 315 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Brélidy | 22 | 196 km W | 334 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Mandé-sur-Brédoire | 17 | 263 km S | 315 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Julien-Innocence-Eulalie | 24 | 414 km S | 311 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 % |
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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-Loup-du-Gast'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-Léger-sur-Sarthe | 61 | 70 km E | 320 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chapelle-Viel | 61 | 95 km E | 289 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pré-Saint-Évroult | 28 | 154 km E | 283 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Maison-Feyne | 23 | 284 km SE | 283 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Douillet | 72 | 42 km E | 319 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vareilles | 23 | 279 km SE | 331 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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