Simplé

Mayenne · CC du Pays de Craon · INSEE 53260

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

Few services 39.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Simplé (INSEE 53260) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays de Craon. Population 380 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 39.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 18,061 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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE BOUCHER MAYOU). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU SACRE COEUR). ^[3]

1 × Library (CC CRAON - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SIMPLÉ). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	1	LE BOUCHER MAYOU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU SACRE COEUR	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	CC CRAON - BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SIMPLÉ	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 342 peak 2017: 452 2023: 380 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 394 (2012) → 380 (2023): -3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 237 (1990) → 380 (2023): 60.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 168, of which 5.4 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.4 km NEGP — 5.6 km NEPharmacy — 7.7 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 (Quelaines-Saint-Gault): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Simplé): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Quelaines-Saint-Gault): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cossé-le-Vivien): 7.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Simplé): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14

Days at or below 0 °C 41.5

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CRAON weather station, 7.7 km away at 50 m; the village itself is at 76 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LAVAL-ETRONNIER, 17.7 km away at 100 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

An average of 763 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CRAON, 7.7 km away at 50 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 — 53260/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53260/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53260/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53260/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53186
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53260
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53077
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
Saint-Poix	53	17 km NW	383	33.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Noaille	33	371 km S	382	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Quintenic	22	136 km NW	363	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Mouais	44	63 km W	352	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Fray	72	74 km E	421	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Combre	42	440 km SE	411	34	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Poix	53	17 km NW	383	33.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 81 %
Mouais	44	63 km W	352	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 93 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Fray	72	74 km E	421	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 92 %
Quintenic	22	136 km NW	363	32.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Noaille	33	371 km S	382	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 64 %
Combre	42	440 km SE	411	34	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Simplé'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
Colombier	70	528 km E	434	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Soulangis	18	265 km E	454	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Voulon	86	189 km SE	463	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Laurent-sur-Oust	56	110 km W	396	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Neuville-Bosc	60	256 km NE	472	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Châtelain	53	21 km SE	470	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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