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Le Bosc-Renoult

Orne · CC des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault · INSEE 61054

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

No daily shops 11.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Bosc-Renoult (INSEE 61054) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault. Population 262 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/61054-le-bosc-renoult

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 17,443 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.74107.36
Housing mix0.4852.38

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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 276 2023: 262 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 234 (2012) → 262 (2023): 12 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 212 (1990) → 262 (2023): 23.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 160, of which 26.3 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 3.2 km SE (Sap-en-Auge)GP — 3.2 km SE (Sap-en-Auge)Bakery — 3.3 km SE (Sap-en-Auge)Pharmacy — 3.3 km SE (Sap-en-Auge)Primary school — 3.5 km SE (Sap-en-Auge)
Food shop — 3.2 km SEGP — 3.2 km SEBakery — 3.3 km SEPharmacy — 3.3 km SEPrimary school — 3.5 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 (Sap-en-Auge): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Sap-en-Auge): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Sap-en-Auge): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Sap-en-Auge): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Sap-en-Auge): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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. [9]

Measured at the TICHEVILLE_SAPC weather station, 4.4 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 227 m. [9]

An average of 837 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at SAP - LE-, 4.3 km away at 240 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61054/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61054/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61054/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61054/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61460
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Crouzille63355 km SE2627.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 35 %
Lisores149.2 km NW2609.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
La Gonfrière6116 km SE27113.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 %
Cortambert71427 km SE27414.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 62 %
Saint-Juéry12586 km S2567.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 46 %
Viry71406 km SE26111No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 42 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lisores149.2 km NW2609.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 99 %
La Gonfrière6116 km SE27113.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 %
La Crouzille63355 km SE2627.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 35 %
Viry71406 km SE26111No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 42 %
Cortambert71427 km SE27414.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 62 %
Saint-Juéry12586 km S2567.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 46 %

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