Cerisé

Orne · CU d'Alençon · INSEE 61077

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

Few services 38.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cerisé (INSEE 61077) is in Orne (61), part of CU d'Alençon. Population 844 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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 38.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 15,333 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	5	0
Population trend	0.98	10	9.76
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

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 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (COMTE DE BELLOU). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (SARL GLPC). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE DES POMMIERS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (AFRODISIAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (CAMPANILE ALENÇON). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	COMTE DE BELLOU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	SARL GLPC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ERNEST MEGISSIER	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE DES POMMIERS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	AFRODISIAC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	1	CAMPANILE ALENÇON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 263 peak 2017: 863 2023: 844 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 760 (2012) → 844 (2023): 11.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 572 (1990) → 844 (2023): 47.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 372, of which 1.6 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.1 km NWPharmacy — 1.3 km WBakery — 1.8 km WGP — 1.8 km SW 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 (Alençon): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cerisé): 1.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Alençon): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Alençon): 1.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Cerisé): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.7

Days at or below 0 °C 42.6

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 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ALENCON weather station, 1.4 km away at 143 m; the village itself is at 138 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ALENCON, 1.4 km away at 143 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ALENCON, 1.4 km away at 143 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61077/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61077/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61077/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61077/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61001
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61077
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
Aussevielle	64	568 km S	864	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 14 %
Coin-lès-Cuvry	57	447 km E	824	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Wintershouse	67	558 km E	869	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Cramoisy	60	189 km NE	803	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Frœningen	68	537 km E	881	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Jolivet	54	470 km E	888	27.3	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cramoisy	60	189 km NE	803	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Coin-lès-Cuvry	57	447 km E	824	31.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Jolivet	54	470 km E	888	27.3	Few services	no figures
Frœningen	68	537 km E	881	32.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Wintershouse	67	558 km E	869	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Aussevielle	64	568 km S	864	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Cerisé'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
Cramoisy	60	189 km NE	803	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bousbach	57	505 km E	1,179	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Mélicocq	60	231 km NE	789	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Houchin	62	290 km NE	738	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Guernes	78	127 km NE	1,085	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Nogentel	02	248 km E	1,106	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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