Sainte-Marie-du-Bois
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 8.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sainte-Marie-du-Bois (INSEE 53235) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC Mayenne Communauté. Population 226 (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 8.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 5 % of the 16,695 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 | 0.47 | 10 | 4.7 |
| Housing mix | 0.48 | 5 | 2.38 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
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] | |
| 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 232 (2012) → 226 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 233 (1990) → 226 (2023): -3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 172, of which 26.2 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lassay-les-Châteaux): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lassay-les-Châteaux): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Lassay-les-Châteaux): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lassay-les-Châteaux): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Lassay-les-Châteaux): 3.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the LE HORPS weather station, 7.3 km away at 268 m; the village itself is at 189 m. [9]
The village sits 79 m below 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at LE HORPS, 7.3 km away at 268 m, over 21 summers. [9]
That station sits 79 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 878 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at LASSAY-LES-CHAT, 2.7 km away at 222 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53235/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53235/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53235/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53235/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 53127
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevry-sous-le-Bignon | 45 | 252 km E | 226 | 12.5 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Saint-Hilaire-en-Morvan | 58 | 361 km SE | 221 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Cernières | 27 | 91 km NE | 228 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Christophe-du-Jambet | 72 | 46 km SE | 231 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 74 % |
| Vanzay | 79 | 252 km S | 234 | 10 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lescouët-Gouarec | 22 | 207 km W | 216 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Christophe-du-Jambet | 72 | 46 km SE | 231 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 87 % · winter 74 % |
| Saint-Pierre-de-Cernières | 27 | 91 km NE | 228 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lescouët-Gouarec | 22 | 207 km W | 216 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vanzay | 79 | 252 km S | 234 | 10 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chevry-sous-le-Bignon | 45 | 252 km E | 226 | 12.5 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Saint-Hilaire-en-Morvan | 58 | 361 km SE | 221 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Sainte-Marie-du-Bois'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lescouët-Gouarec | 22 | 207 km W | 216 | 8.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Perriers-en-Beauficel | 50 | 49 km NW | 207 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lisores | 14 | 75 km NE | 260 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Canchy | 14 | 103 km N | 202 | 10.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais | 14 | 49 km N | 237 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montaigu-les-Bois | 50 | 75 km NW | 204 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
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