Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie

Mayenne · CC du Bocage Mayennais · INSEE 53238

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

Few services 30.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie (INSEE 53238) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Bocage Mayennais. Population 522 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/53238-saint-mars-sur-la-futaie

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,706 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.26	10	2.63
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (L AUBEPINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PARRISH MATTHEW). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MARS SUR LA FUTAIE AP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL SAINTE MARIE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)	1	L AUBEPINE	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	1	PARRISH MATTHEW	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 PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LAMY MICHEL	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 MARS SUR LA FUTAIE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL SAINTE MARIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 842 2023: 522 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 594 (2012) → 522 (2023): -12.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 684 (1990) → 522 (2023): -23.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 362, of which 12.4 % second homes and 15.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.3 km WGP — 5.3 km NPharmacy — 5.3 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 (Pontmain): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Landivy): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Landivy): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.1

Days at or below 0 °C 35.6

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-MARS/LA-FUTA weather station, 0.2 km away at 208 m; the village itself is at 217 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ERNEE, 15.7 km away at 168 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 911 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-MARS/LA-FUTA, 0.2 km away at 208 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 — 53238/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53238/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53238/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53238/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53181
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53238
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53125
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
Ruch	33	413 km S	539	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Béthines	86	257 km SE	467	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Diéry	63	444 km SE	546	38.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
La Sauvetat	32	523 km S	403	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 91 % · humidity 29 %
Le Breuil	03	432 km SE	524	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Échourgnac	24	380 km S	395	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 73 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Béthines	86	257 km SE	467	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Échourgnac	24	380 km S	395	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 73 % · humidity 43 %
Ruch	33	413 km S	539	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Le Breuil	03	432 km SE	524	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Diéry	63	444 km SE	546	38.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
La Sauvetat	32	523 km S	403	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 91 % · humidity 29 %

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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-Mars-sur-la-Futaie'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
Coulouvray-Boisbenâtre	50	40 km N	531	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Mantilly	61	19 km NE	508	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Le Pas	53	23 km E	517	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Beslon	50	47 km N	562	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Trébry	22	114 km W	844	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Combres	28	154 km E	547	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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