Villiers-Charlemagne

Mayenne · CC du Pays de Meslay-Grez · INSEE 53273

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

Few services 37.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villiers-Charlemagne (INSEE 53273) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC du Pays de Meslay-Grez. Population 1,109 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 37.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 13,706 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.96	10	9.57
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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) (LES DELICES DE VILLIERS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE CAFE DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LEMESLE LOUIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE STE MARIE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLIERS CHARLEMAGNE APC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (CC MESLAY-GREZ BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VILLIERS CHARLEMAGNE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE SPORTIF CAROPOLITAIN). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LES DELICES DE VILLIERS	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	1	LE CAFE DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LEMESLE LOUIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE STE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [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	VILLIERS CHARLEMAGNE APC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	CC MESLAY-GREZ BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VILLIERS CHARLEMAGNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	ESPACE SPORTIF CAROPOLITAIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2		INSEE BPE 2 / 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	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 810 peak 2017: 1,122 2023: 1,109 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,073 (2012) → 1,109 (2023): 3.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 761 (1990) → 1,109 (2023): 45.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 507, of which 3.2 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 8.9 km NGP — 9.2 km NPharmacy — 9.9 km E 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 (Villiers-Charlemagne): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Entrammes): 8.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Entrammes): 9.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Meslay-du-Maine): 9.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.2

Days at or below 0 °C 43.6

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the VILLIERS-CHARLE weather station, 2.8 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 85 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at GREZ-EN-BOUERE, 10.6 km away at 93 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at VILLIERS-CHARLE, 2.8 km away at 67 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53273/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-07— https://data.datatourisme.fr/49/1c19cedd-50d0-3ea5-93d5-a663dd7fb022— “Marchés du terroir tous les mardis à Villiers-Charlemagne !”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53273/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53273/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53273/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53273
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53094
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53152
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
Chazé-sur-Argos	49	38 km SW	1,086	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 80 %
Le Gué-d'Alleré	17	193 km S	1,113	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 %
Marçay	86	176 km SE	1,107	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Les Ventes	27	173 km NE	1,052	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Le Pin	79	118 km S	1,091	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Boismé	79	129 km S	1,176	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chazé-sur-Argos	49	38 km SW	1,086	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 80 %
Le Pin	79	118 km S	1,091	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Boismé	79	129 km S	1,176	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Les Ventes	27	173 km NE	1,052	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Marçay	86	176 km SE	1,107	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Le Gué-d'Alleré	17	193 km S	1,113	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 %

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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 Villiers-Charlemagne'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
Marçay	86	176 km SE	1,107	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Les Ventes	27	173 km NE	1,052	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Le Pin	79	118 km S	1,091	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Boismé	79	129 km S	1,176	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Fougeré	85	147 km S	1,240	35.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Ménil	53	16 km S	923	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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