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Saint-Mards-de-Fresne

Eure · CC Lieuvin Pays d'Auge · INSEE 27564

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 6 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Mards-de-Fresne (INSEE 27564) is in Eure (27), part of CC Lieuvin Pays d'Auge. Population 347 (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/27564-saint-mards-de-fresne

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 6 % of the 18,047 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.56105.58
Housing mix0.6353.17

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 301 peak 2012: 350 2023: 347 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 350 (2012) → 347 (2023): -0.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 328 (1990) → 347 (2023): 5.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 186, of which 18.3 % second homes and 1.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 3.1 km S (Capelle-les-Grands)Food shop — 6.4 km SW (La Vespière-Friardel)Bakery — 6.9 km SW (Orbec)Pharmacy — 7.0 km SW (Orbec)GP — 7.2 km SW (Orbec)
Primary school — 3.1 km SFood shop — 6.4 km SWBakery — 6.9 km SWPharmacy — 7.0 km SWGP — 7.2 km SW 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 (Orbec): 6.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (La Vespière-Friardel): 6.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Orbec): 7.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Orbec): 7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Capelle-les-Grands): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BERNAY weather station, 7.7 km away at 166 m; the village itself is at 184 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at BERNAY, 7.7 km away at 166 m, over 21 summers. [11]

An average of 765 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT-GERMAIN-LA-CAMPAGNE, 5.3 km away at 182 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27564/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27564/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27564/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27564/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14478
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14740
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27130
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Bérou-la-Mulotière2856 km SE34510.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Front16354 km S35511.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Éternoz-Vallée-du-Lison25473 km SE34310.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Pontaubert89307 km SE35510.5No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Romain-et-Saint-Clément24407 km S3339.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Guerstling57445 km E36011.6No daily shopsno figures
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bérou-la-Mulotière2856 km SE34510.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Pontaubert89307 km SE35510.5No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Front16354 km S35511.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Romain-et-Saint-Clément24407 km S3339.8No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Guerstling57445 km E36011.6No daily shopsno figures
Éternoz-Vallée-du-Lison25473 km SE34310.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fontaine-la-Louvet2710 km N35113.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Touffreville2777 km NE33412.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Aulnoy77194 km E36212.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Les Corvées-les-Yys2893 km SE32616No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Lande-Saint-Léger2726 km N40515.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Hercé53121 km SW2978.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %