Vaiges

Mayenne · CC des Coëvrons · INSEE 53267

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

Partly served 41.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vaiges (INSEE 53267) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC des Coëvrons. Population 1,178 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/53267-vaiges

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 61 % of the 13,317 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.66	10	6.56
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (CHARCUTERIE BOUCHERIE TRAITEUR S.FOULON). ^[4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[4,3]

1 × Restaurant (RELAIS DE VAIGES). ^[4,3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE EUGENE HAIRY · ECOLE PRIVEE MIXTE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[4]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (EMILIA LEVITCHI, MÉDECIN · IOAN LEVITCHI, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE VAIGES). ^[4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VAIGES RP). ^[4]

1 × Library (CC COËVRONS MEDIATHEQUE DE VAIGES JACQUES ROBERT). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (CHANGER D'HAIR). ^[4,3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CHARCUTERIE BOUCHERIE TRAITEUR S.FOULON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	RELAIS DE VAIGES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE EUGENE HAIRY · ECOLE PRIVEE MIXTE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	EMILIA LEVITCHI, MÉDECIN · IOAN LEVITCHI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE VAIGES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	VAIGES RP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	CC COËVRONS MEDIATHEQUE DE VAIGES JACQUES ROBERT	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	CHANGER D'HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 962 peak 2007: 1,200 2023: 1,178 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,151 (2012) → 1,178 (2023): 2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,019 (1990) → 1,178 (2023): 15.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 603, of which 2.8 % second homes and 16.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 3.3 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 (La Bazouge-de-Chemeré): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vaiges): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vaiges): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vaiges): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vaiges): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 47.8

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-GEORGES-LE-FLECHARD weather station, 4.6 km away at 90 m; the village itself is at 101 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at GREZ-EN-BOUERE, 17.2 km away at 93 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-GEORGES-LE-FLECHARD, 4.6 km away at 90 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53267/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53267/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53267/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53267/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53022
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53267
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
Laplume	47	444 km S	1,330	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Trun	61	97 km NE	1,165	52.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Nuaillé-d'Aunis	17	205 km S	1,279	42.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Sainte-Solange	18	248 km SE	1,111	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Cussey-sur-l'Ognon	25	487 km E	1,055	39	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Cousance	39	473 km E	1,287	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Trun	61	97 km NE	1,165	52.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Nuaillé-d'Aunis	17	205 km S	1,279	42.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Sainte-Solange	18	248 km SE	1,111	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Laplume	47	444 km S	1,330	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Cousance	39	473 km E	1,287	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Cussey-sur-l'Ognon	25	487 km E	1,055	39	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Vaiges'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
Sainte-Solange	18	248 km SE	1,111	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Sars-Poteries	59	404 km NE	1,402	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Cléré-les-Pins	37	94 km SE	1,429	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Ligny-le-Châtel	89	316 km E	1,200	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saulzoir	59	375 km NE	1,672	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Hermies	62	344 km NE	1,062	57.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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