Vimartin-sur-Orthe

Mayenne · CC des Coëvrons · INSEE 53249

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

Few services 28.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vimartin-sur-Orthe (INSEE 53249) is in Mayenne (53), part of CC des Coëvrons. Population 1,100 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2021-01-01 from 2 former communes: Saint-Martin-de-Connée (53239), Vimarcé (53274). ^[3]

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/53249-vimartin-sur-orthe

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 13,770 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	6.47
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	0.41	10	4.05
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.41

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 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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. ^[4,5]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU VIEUX FOUR A BOIS). ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS BRETON). ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MARTIN DE CONNEE AP · SAINT PIERRE SUR ORTHE AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (CC COËVRONS - VIMARTIN-SUR-ORTHE (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE ST PIERRE SUR ORTHE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (VOS CHEVEUX ET NOUS). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	AU VIEUX FOUR A BOIS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	LE RELAIS BRETON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	2	SAINT MARTIN DE CONNEE AP · SAINT PIERRE SUR ORTHE AP	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Library	1	CC COËVRONS - VIMARTIN-SUR-ORTHE (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE ST PIERRE SUR ORTHE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	VOS CHEVEUX ET NOUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,827 2023: 1,100 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,101 (2012) → 1,100 (2023): -0.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,215 (1990) → 1,100 (2023): -9.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 823, of which 15.9 % second homes and 19.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 3.1 km NEFood shop — 6.4 km SEPharmacy — 6.5 km SEGP — 6.6 km SE 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 (Vimartin-sur-Orthe): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Sillé-le-Guillaume): 6.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Sillé-le-Guillaume): 6.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sillé-le-Guillaume): 6.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vimartin-sur-Orthe): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.7

Days at or below 0 °C 50.4

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COURCITE_SAPC weather station, 12 km away at 172 m; the village itself is at 149 m. ^[11]

An average of 793 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COURCITE_SAPC, 12 km away at 172 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 — 53249/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53249/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53249/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 53249/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 53249
INSEE BPE 2025 — 72334
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
Caro	56	162 km W	1,126	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 76 %
Archigny	86	183 km S	1,058	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 81 %
Châtillon-sur-Colmont	53	42 km W	949	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 88 %
Champagné-Saint-Hilaire	86	214 km S	998	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 93 %
Moncrabeau	47	467 km S	745	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 84 %
Maleville	12	460 km SE	967	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 81 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Châtillon-sur-Colmont	53	42 km W	949	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 88 %
Caro	56	162 km W	1,126	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 76 %
Archigny	86	183 km S	1,058	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 81 %
Champagné-Saint-Hilaire	86	214 km S	998	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 93 %
Maleville	12	460 km SE	967	32.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 81 %
Moncrabeau	47	467 km S	745	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 84 %

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