Avernes-Saint-Gourgon

Orne · CC des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault · INSEE 61018

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

No daily shops 13.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Avernes-Saint-Gourgon (INSEE 61018) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault. Population 71 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 13.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 7,494 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.79	10	7.91
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.21

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

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 120 2023: 71 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 65 (2012) → 71 (2023): 9.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 55 (1990) → 71 (2023): 29.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 39, of which 17.9 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 4.1 km NGP — 5.1 km SFood shop — 5.2 km SPharmacy — 5.2 km SBakery — 5.3 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 (Sap-en-Auge): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sap-en-Auge): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sap-en-Auge): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sap-en-Auge): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Livarot-Pays-d'Auge): 4.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.2

Days at or below 0 °C 38.3

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the TICHEVILLE_SAPC weather station, 6.3 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 229 m. ^[10]

An average of 837 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAP - LE-, 5.7 km away at 240 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61018/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61018/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61018/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61018/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61460
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14371
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
Rouet	34	630 km SE	71	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 78 %
Éguilly	21	360 km SE	72	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 66 %
Reffroy	55	379 km E	72	11.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 91 %
Gazave	65	656 km S	72	7.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 77 %
Peyrecave	32	551 km S	70	5.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 73 %
Montégut-en-Couserans	09	665 km S	70	12.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 72 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Éguilly	21	360 km SE	72	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 66 %
Reffroy	55	379 km E	72	11.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 91 %
Peyrecave	32	551 km S	70	5.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 73 %
Rouet	34	630 km SE	71	15.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 78 %
Gazave	65	656 km S	72	7.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 77 %
Montégut-en-Couserans	09	665 km S	70	12.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 72 %

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