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Saint-Saturnin-du-Limet

Mayenne · CC du Pays de Craon · INSEE 53253

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 25.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Saturnin-du-Limet (INSEE 53253) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays de Craon. Population 515 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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/53253-saint-saturnin-du-limet

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 17,741 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.632012.64
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.42104.23
Housing mix0.9354.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 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 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE SATURNIN). [4]

1 × Hairdresser (LE DRESSING D'ANGEL COIFF). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar1LE SATURNININSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1LE DRESSING D'ANGEL COIFFINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 566 2023: 515 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 508 (2012) → 515 (2023): 1.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 558 (1990) → 515 (2023): -7.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 205, of which 3.4 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 1.9 km S (Renazé)Bakery — 2.1 km S (Renazé)Food shop — 2.1 km S (Renazé)Primary school — 2.2 km S (Renazé)Pharmacy — 6.0 km NW (Saint-Aignan-sur-Roë)
GP — 1.9 km SBakery — 2.1 km SFood shop — 2.1 km SPrimary school — 2.2 km SPharmacy — 6.0 km NW 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 (Renazé): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Renazé): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Renazé): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Aignan-sur-Roë): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Renazé): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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. [10]

Measured at the BALLOTS weather station, 10 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 75 m. [10]

An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at RENAZE, 2 km away at 83 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53253/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53253/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53253/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53253/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 53188
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 53197
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bartrès65527 km S48536Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 72 %
Aubigné3568 km NW45332.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 80 %
Grémonville76249 km NE44626.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 70 %
Montgesoye25552 km E49828.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 96 %
Forges77307 km E44335Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 78 %
Saxel74592 km E51831.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 69 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Aubigné3568 km NW45332.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 80 %
Grémonville76249 km NE44626.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 70 %
Forges77307 km E44335Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 78 %
Bartrès65527 km S48536Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 72 %
Montgesoye25552 km E49828.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 96 %
Saxel74592 km E51831.2Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 69 %

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