La Selle-Craonnaise

Mayenne · CC du Pays de Craon · INSEE 53258

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

Partly served 50.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Selle-Craonnaise (INSEE 53258) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays de Craon. Population 895 (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/53258-la-selle-craonnaise

Vitality score

Vitality score 50.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 14,992 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.49	10	4.9
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.16

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MARION BRETON PATISSERIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA TOQUE GENEREUSE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA BARRIQUE). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA SELLE CRAONNAISE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (CC CRAON - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA SELLE-CRAONNAISE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFF'GWEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA RINCERIE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	MARION BRETON PATISSERIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	LA TOQUE GENEREUSE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LA BARRIQUE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	LA SELLE CRAONNAISE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	CC CRAON - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA SELLE-CRAONNAISE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	COIFF'GWEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LA RINCERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,068 2023: 895 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 942 (2012) → 895 (2023): -5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 904 (1990) → 895 (2023): -1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 419, of which 8.4 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 5.4 km SGP — 5.4 km SPharmacy — 6.0 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 (La Selle-Craonnaise): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Renazé): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Renazé): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ballots): 6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Selle-Craonnaise): 0.1 km to the north-west (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. ^[11]

Measured at the BALLOTS weather station, 6.4 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 65 m. ^[11]

An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RENAZE, 5.5 km away at 83 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 — 53258/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53258/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53258/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53258/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53258
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53188
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53018
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
Lens-Lestang	26	545 km SE	884	48.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 76 %
Cabrières-d'Aigues	84	678 km SE	946	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 88 %
Pompignan	30	580 km SE	908	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 100 %
Civray	18	261 km E	926	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 96 %
Épargnes	17	256 km S	947	50.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 73 %
Langolen	29	215 km W	836	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 55 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Langolen	29	215 km W	836	46.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 55 %
Épargnes	17	256 km S	947	50.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 73 %
Civray	18	261 km E	926	42.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 96 %
Lens-Lestang	26	545 km SE	884	48.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 76 %
Pompignan	30	580 km SE	908	48.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 100 %
Cabrières-d'Aigues	84	678 km SE	946	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 36 % · winter 88 %

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Elsewhere

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