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Condé-sur-Sarthe

Orne · CU d'Alençon · INSEE 61117

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

Partly served 49.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Condé-sur-Sarthe (INSEE 61117) is in Orne (61), part of CU d'Alençon. Population 2,494 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/61117-conde-sur-sarthe

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 8,266 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 food0.552513.81
Social0.46209.18
Education0.39103.93
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.78107.82
Housing mix0.9354.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 2 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) (BOULANGERIE CONDE SUR SARTHE). [3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (PRIX MIAM · GRAND FRAIS). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BIOCOOP PAYS D'ALENCON). [3,4]

2 × Supermarket (ALENCON DISTRIBUTION · JUBADIS). [3,4]

5 × Restaurant (MC DONALD'S · LE BISTRO · XING WANG · BURGER KING · SUBWAY). [3,4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DE CONDE SUR SARTHE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CONDE SUR SARTHE COUTARD RP). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). [3]

5 × Hairdresser (ANNIE COIFFURE · O SALON BY GM · CITY LOOKS · LA BARBE DE PAPA). [3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Library. [4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1BOULANGERIE CONDE SUR SARTHEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)2PRIX MIAM · GRAND FRAISINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1BIOCOOP PAYS D'ALENCONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket2ALENCON DISTRIBUTION · JUBADISINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant5MC DONALD'S · LE BISTRO · XING WANG · BURGER KING · SUBWAYINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy1SELARL PHARMACIE DE CONDE SUR SARTHEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1CONDE SUR SARTHE COUTARD RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1GYMNASEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser5ANNIE COIFFURE · O SALON BY GM · CITY LOOKS · LA BARBE DE PAPAINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station2STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,134 peak 2017: 2,507 2023: 2,494 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,261 (2012) → 2,494 (2023): 10.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,945 (1990) → 2,494 (2023): 28.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,155, of which 3.3 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 0.9 km NE (Condé-sur-Sarthe)Bakery — 1.6 km E (Condé-sur-Sarthe)Pharmacy — 1.9 km E (Condé-sur-Sarthe)GP — 3.0 km E (Alençon)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.9 km NEBakery — 1.6 km EPharmacy — 1.9 km EGP — 3.0 km E 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 (Condé-sur-Sarthe): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Condé-sur-Sarthe): 0.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Alençon): 3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Condé-sur-Sarthe): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Condé-sur-Sarthe): 0.3 km to the north (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 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, 5.7 km away at 143 m; the village itself is at 147 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at ALENCON, 5.7 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, 5.7 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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61117/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61117/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61117/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61117/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61117
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61001
  10. 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
Montcenis71374 km SE1,92340.5Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Orleix65573 km S1,91040.2Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 %
Rouillon7248 km S2,38241.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Torcy71377 km SE2,67853.7Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-Étoupefour1487 km NW2,81054.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Sainghin-en-Mélantois59330 km NE2,84062.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rouillon7248 km S2,38241.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-Étoupefour1487 km NW2,81054.4Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Sainghin-en-Mélantois59330 km NE2,84062.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Montcenis71374 km SE1,92340.5Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Torcy71377 km SE2,67853.7Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Orleix65573 km S1,91040.2Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 66 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Condé-sur-Sarthe'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Rouillon7248 km S2,38241.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Sainghin-en-Mélantois59330 km NE2,84062.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Faremoutiers77222 km E3,05749Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Jouy28112 km E1,98851.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maximin60197 km NE3,33557.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Rantigny60202 km NE2,52451.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %