Boitron

Orne · CC des Sources de l'Orne · INSEE 61051

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

Few services 33.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boitron (INSEE 61051) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Sources de l'Orne. Population 349 (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 33.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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”.

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

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (NICOLASG · DAMT TRADITION). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	2	NICOLASG · DAMT TRADITION	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 297 peak 2017: 354 2023: 349 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 344 (2012) → 349 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 219 (1990) → 349 (2023): 59.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 158, of which 2.5 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Bakery — 2.5 km SWPrimary school — 2.6 km SWGP — 2.7 km SWPharmacy — 8.2 km NW 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 (Essay): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Boitron): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Essay): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sées): 8.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Essay): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.2

Days at or below 0 °C 49.5

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SEES weather station, 7.7 km away at 195 m; the village itself is at 183 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ALENCON, 17.2 km away at 143 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 819 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SEES, 7.7 km away at 195 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 — 61051/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61051/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61051/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61051/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61156
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61051
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61464
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
Saint-Pierre-sur-Dropt	47	436 km S	359	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Lignan-de-Bazas	33	461 km S	403	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Vézières	86	164 km S	340	17.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Billio	56	228 km W	335	19.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Médard	16	341 km S	303	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 %
Peyrière	47	443 km S	293	19.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vézières	86	164 km S	340	17.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Billio	56	228 km W	335	19.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Médard	16	341 km S	303	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Pierre-sur-Dropt	47	436 km S	359	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Peyrière	47	443 km S	293	19.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 86 % · humidity 57 %
Lignan-de-Bazas	33	461 km S	403	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Boitron'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
Rocquigny	02	315 km NE	359	9.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Habloville	61	41 km NW	336	14.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Semallé	61	13 km SW	379	12.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Courboin	02	242 km E	304	14.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Regniowez	08	339 km NE	369	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Petit-Fayt	59	309 km NE	286	12.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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