Berjou

Orne · CA Flers Agglo · INSEE 61044

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

Few services 31.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Berjou (INSEE 61044) is in Orne (61), part of CA Flers Agglo. Population 417 (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/61044-berjou

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 17,988 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.29	10	2.94
Housing mix	0.8	5	4

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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BERJOU RP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1		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)	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	BERJOU RP	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 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: 473 peak 1982: 535 2023: 417 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 483 (2012) → 417 (2023): -13.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 525 (1990) → 417 (2023): -20.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 251, of which 10 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.2 km WGP — 4.5 km SPharmacy — 4.7 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 (Berjou): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Condé-en-Normandie): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Athis-Val de Rouvre): 4.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Athis-Val de Rouvre): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Berjou): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.2

Days at or below 0 °C 60.6

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ATHIS-DE-L'ORNE weather station, 7.1 km away at 211 m; the village itself is at 214 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at FLERS, 13.7 km away at 195 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 944 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ATHIS-DE-L'ORNE, 7.1 km away at 211 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 — 61044/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61044/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61044/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61044/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61044
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14174
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61007
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
Matton-et-Clémency	08	422 km E	424	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Chartier	36	306 km SE	458	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Philippe-d'Aiguilhe	33	439 km S	376	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
Carisey	89	336 km E	377	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Priest-de-Gimel	19	430 km SE	480	35.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jeure-d'Ay	07	569 km SE	495	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Chartier	36	306 km SE	458	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Carisey	89	336 km E	377	42.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Matton-et-Clémency	08	422 km E	424	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Priest-de-Gimel	19	430 km SE	480	35.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Philippe-d'Aiguilhe	33	439 km S	376	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Jeure-d'Ay	07	569 km SE	495	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Berjou'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
Traves	70	497 km E	345	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Coulonges-Cohan	02	303 km E	443	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Cons-la-Grandville	54	455 km E	522	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Écouviez	55	438 km E	543	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon	12	604 km SE	475	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Alexain	53	72 km S	610	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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