Crulai

Orne · CC des Pays de L'Aigle · INSEE 61140

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

Few services 33.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Crulai (INSEE 61140) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Pays de L'Aigle. Population 797 (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/61140-crulai

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 15,678 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.61	10	6.07
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.01

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX P'TITES GOURMANDISES). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DESOINDRE BESNARD). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX P'TITES GOURMANDISES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	DESOINDRE BESNARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	CRULAI AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2		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: 572 peak 2012: 944 2023: 797 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 944 (2012) → 797 (2023): -15.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 720 (1990) → 797 (2023): 10.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 445, of which 9.9 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop Primary school — 0.5 km SGP — 5.0 km WPharmacy — 6.6 km N 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 (Crulai): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Crulai): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Les Aspres): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle): 6.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Crulai): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.4

Days at or below 0 °C 65.7

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BEAULIEU weather station, 4.7 km away at 217 m; the village itself is at 231 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at L AIGLE, 6 km away at 232 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 841 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BEAULIEU, 4.7 km away at 217 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 — 61140/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61140/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61140/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61140/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61140
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61422
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61456
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
Varacieux	38	524 km SE	881	36.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux	71	425 km SE	801	45.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Crosmières	72	123 km SW	974	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Busset	03	364 km SE	850	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Champlay	89	221 km E	733	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Chassenon	16	317 km S	836	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Crosmières	72	123 km SW	974	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Champlay	89	221 km E	733	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Chassenon	16	317 km S	836	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 %
Busset	03	364 km SE	850	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux	71	425 km SE	801	45.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Varacieux	38	524 km SE	881	36.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Crulai'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
Chavignon	02	225 km NE	859	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Geneytouse	87	330 km S	986	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Chanat-la-Mouteyre	63	366 km SE	950	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Osenbach	68	491 km E	810	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Harol	88	416 km E	614	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Marcilly-lès-Buxy	71	367 km SE	704	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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