Bazoches-au-Houlme

Orne · CC du Val d'Orne · INSEE 61028

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 23.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bazoches-au-Houlme (INSEE 61028) is in Orne (61), part of CC du Val d'Orne. Population 449 (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 23.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 17,934 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.84	10	8.4
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BAZOCHES AU HOULME AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	BAZOCHES AU HOULME AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 442 peak 2012: 497 2023: 449 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 497 (2012) → 449 (2023): -9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 335 (1990) → 449 (2023): 34 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 224, of which 12.5 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 5.6 km SBakery — 5.7 km SPharmacy — 5.7 km SFood shop — 6.2 km N 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 (Putanges-le-Lac): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pierre-du-Bû): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Putanges-le-Lac): 5.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Putanges-le-Lac): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bazoches-au-Houlme): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.5

Days at or below 0 °C 55.2

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the RI weather station, 7.7 km away at 212 m; the village itself is at 219 m. ^[11]

An average of 818 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BAZOCHES-AU-HOULME, 1.3 km away at 193 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 — 61028/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61028/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61028/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61028/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61339
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14649
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61028
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
Izé	53	65 km S	464	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 97 %
Assé-le-Riboul	72	73 km S	479	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
Authon-Ébéon	17	332 km S	410	18.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 69 %
Thevet-Saint-Julien	36	297 km SE	396	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 80 %
Marsolan	32	545 km S	438	20.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 65 %
La Tour-Saint-Gelin	37	202 km S	501	18.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 77 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Izé	53	65 km S	464	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 97 %
Assé-le-Riboul	72	73 km S	479	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
La Tour-Saint-Gelin	37	202 km S	501	18.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 77 %
Thevet-Saint-Julien	36	297 km SE	396	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 80 %
Authon-Ébéon	17	332 km S	410	18.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 69 %
Marsolan	32	545 km S	438	20.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 65 %

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