Buré
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
No daily shops 17.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Buré (INSEE 61066) is in Orne (61), part of CC de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe. Population 98 (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 17.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 77 % of the 10,424 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.54 | 10 | 5.43 |
| Housing mix | 0.69 | 5 | 3.45 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (PONCET INVESTISSEMENTS). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 | 1 | PONCET INVESTISSEMENTS | 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) | 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
Population 122 (2012) → 98 (2023): -19.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 94 (1990) → 98 (2023): 4.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 58, of which 15.5 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Julien-sur-Sarthe): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Bazoches-sur-Hoëne): 6.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the STE SCOLASSE-SUR-SARTHE weather station, 7.6 km away at 210 m; the village itself is at 156 m. [11]
The village sits 54 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE, 10 km away at 242 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 86 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 774 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at MELE-SUR-SARTHE -LE-, 4 km away at 155 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 — 61066/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61066/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61066/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61066/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 61258
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 61412
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 61029
- 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-de-Jards | 36 | 196 km SE | 96 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Loube | 32 | 567 km S | 96 | 21.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 % |
| Sainte-Aurence-Cazaux | 32 | 572 km S | 89 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 % |
| Fornex | 09 | 599 km S | 104 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 68 % |
| Poullignac | 16 | 348 km S | 107 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 % |
| La Buxerette | 36 | 248 km SE | 103 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-de-Jards | 36 | 196 km SE | 96 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Buxerette | 36 | 248 km SE | 103 | 12.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Poullignac | 16 | 348 km S | 107 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-Loube | 32 | 567 km S | 96 | 21.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 62 % · humidity 50 % |
| Sainte-Aurence-Cazaux | 32 | 572 km S | 89 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 % |
| Fornex | 09 | 599 km S | 104 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 68 % |
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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 Buré'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gilles-des-Marais | 61 | 81 km W | 106 | 18.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Planques | 62 | 248 km NE | 104 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Détroit | 14 | 68 km NW | 94 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pommereux | 76 | 150 km NE | 94 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaux-Montreuil | 08 | 325 km NE | 110 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Verrey-sous-Drée | 21 | 344 km E | 99 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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