Courtomer

Orne · CC de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe · INSEE 61133

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

Partly served 57.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Courtomer (INSEE 61133) is in Orne (61), part of CC de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe. Population 731 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/61133-courtomer

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 16,211 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.65	10	6.49
Housing mix	0.69	5	3.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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) (L'EPI DE BLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BAR DE LA POSTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES MONTS D'AMAIN). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE-MARIE CHAUVEAU-DOMINGUEZ, MÉDECIN · KATHERINE JOSEPH, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SAINT LHOMER). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (COURTOMER AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE COURTOMER). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'EPI DE BLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	BAR DE LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES MONTS D'AMAIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	ANNE-MARIE CHAUVEAU-DOMINGUEZ, MÉDECIN · KATHERINE JOSEPH, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE SAINT LHOMER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	COURTOMER AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE COURTOMER	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 783 2023: 731 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 763 (2012) → 731 (2023): -4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 636 (1990) → 731 (2023): 14.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 448, of which 15.4 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.6 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 (Courtomer): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Courtomer): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Courtomer): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Courtomer): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Courtomer): 0.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.7

Days at or below 0 °C 42.5

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the COURTOMER weather station, 0.9 km away at 223 m; the village itself is at 203 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE, 14.9 km away at 242 m, over 21 summers. ^[9]

An average of 803 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at COURTOMER, 0.9 km away at 223 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61133/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61133/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61133/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61133/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61133
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
Montolieu	11	608 km S	829	60.4	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Essoyes	10	315 km E	708	66.9	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnebosq	14	67 km N	649	60.7	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Lugny	71	411 km SE	845	65.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Courtine	23	356 km SE	707	54.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %
Estang	32	531 km S	668	57.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 73 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bonnebosq	14	67 km N	649	60.7	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Essoyes	10	315 km E	708	66.9	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Courtine	23	356 km SE	707	54.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %
Lugny	71	411 km SE	845	65.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Estang	32	531 km S	668	57.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 73 % · humidity 29 %
Montolieu	11	608 km S	829	60.4	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · 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 Courtomer'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-Broladre	35	148 km W	1,153	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-du-Vièvre	27	71 km N	894	75	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Moulins-la-Marche	61	9.1 km E	710	61.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Rochefort-en-Terre	56	225 km SW	647	69.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Merlerault-le-Pin	61	9.7 km NW	1,429	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Oisseau	53	81 km W	1,136	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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