Saint-Michel-de-la-Roë

Mayenne · CC du Pays de Craon · INSEE 53242

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 11.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Michel-de-la-Roë (INSEE 53242) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays de Craon. Population 252 (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 11.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 17,272 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	0.6	10	5.96
Housing mix	0.8	5	3.99

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

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

1968: 438 2023: 252 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 243 (2012) → 252 (2023): 3.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 230 (1990) → 252 (2023): 9.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 119, of which 10.1 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 4.4 km SGP — 4.4 km SPharmacy — 4.5 km SFood shop — 4.6 km SPrimary school — 4.6 km S 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 (Saint-Aignan-sur-Roë): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Aignan-sur-Roë): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Aignan-sur-Roë): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Aignan-sur-Roë): 4.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Aignan-sur-Roë): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.6

Days at or below 0 °C 55.6

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BALLOTS weather station, 7.1 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 92 m. ^[9]

An average of 787 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BALLOTS, 7.1 km away at 60 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 — 53242/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53242/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53242/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53242/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53197
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
Le Mesnil-Eudes	14	166 km NE	252	9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 81 %
Sainte-Geneviève	76	272 km NE	255	10.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Mercy	03	385 km SE	244	7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 93 %
Prudemanche	28	191 km NE	262	16.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 89 %
Ogenne-Camptort	64	509 km S	241	11.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 61 %
Brizay	37	144 km SE	256	9.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 80 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brizay	37	144 km SE	256	9.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 80 %
Le Mesnil-Eudes	14	166 km NE	252	9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 81 %
Prudemanche	28	191 km NE	262	16.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 89 %
Sainte-Geneviève	76	272 km NE	255	10.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
Mercy	03	385 km SE	244	7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 93 %
Ogenne-Camptort	64	509 km S	241	11.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 61 %

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