Crouttes

Orne · CC des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault · INSEE 61139

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 21.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Crouttes (INSEE 61139) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault. Population 306 (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 21.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 17,889 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.92	10	9.17
Housing mix	0.51	5	2.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE ANTOINETTE TRIBOULT). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	COIFFURE ANTOINETTE TRIBOULT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

1968: 328 2023: 306 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 306 (2012) → 306 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 216 (1990) → 306 (2023): 41.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 197, of which 24.4 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.2 km EFood shop — 4.2 km EPharmacy — 4.2 km EGP — 4.7 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 (Vimoutiers): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vimoutiers): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vimoutiers): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vimoutiers): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Crouttes): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.8

Days at or below 0 °C 46.8

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHAMPEAUX -LES- weather station, 2.8 km away at 247 m; the village itself is at 212 m. ^[10]

An average of 828 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHAMPEAUX -LES-, 2.8 km away at 247 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 — 61139/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61139/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61139/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61139/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61508
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61139
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-Germain-de-Coulamer	53	77 km S	329	14.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 96 %
Soudeilles	19	413 km S	299	16.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 88 %
Givardon	18	306 km SE	300	15.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 76 %
Annay	58	258 km SE	343	19.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 92 %
Le Mesnil-Thomas	28	79 km SE	335	20.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Laurent-en-Brionnais	71	427 km SE	324	14.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Germain-de-Coulamer	53	77 km S	329	14.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 96 %
Le Mesnil-Thomas	28	79 km SE	335	20.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 78 %
Annay	58	258 km SE	343	19.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 92 %
Givardon	18	306 km SE	300	15.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 76 %
Soudeilles	19	413 km S	299	16.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 88 %
Saint-Laurent-en-Brionnais	71	427 km SE	324	14.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 86 %

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