Damigny

Orne · CU d'Alençon · INSEE 61143

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

Few services 20.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 1 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Damigny (INSEE 61143) is in Orne (61), part of CU d'Alençon. Population 2,446 (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/61143-damigny

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 1 % of the 8,377 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.48	10	4.8
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

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

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE MAZELINE · GYMNASE DE MONT FOULON). ^[3]

1 × Bank (AGENCE DE DAMIGNY). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (ART CREA' TIF · LES CISEAUX DE MATHILDE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVECO	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 1 / 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 J. MONNET	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	COMPLEXE MAZELINE · GYMNASE DE MONT FOULON	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	AGENCE DE DAMIGNY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	ART CREA' TIF · LES CISEAUX DE MATHILDE	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: 1,334 peak 1999: 2,917 2023: 2,446 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,763 (2012) → 2,446 (2023): -11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,495 (1990) → 2,446 (2023): -2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,407, of which 3 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.7 km SGP — 1.7 km SEBakery — 1.8 km SPharmacy — 1.9 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 south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Damigny): 0.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Alençon): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Condé-sur-Sarthe): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Damigny): 0.1 km to the north-east (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. ^[11]

Measured at the ALENCON weather station, 2.7 km away at 143 m; the village itself is at 152 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ALENCON, 2.7 km away at 143 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ALENCON, 2.7 km away at 143 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 — 61143/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61143/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61143/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61143/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61001
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61143
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61117
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
Cambes-en-Plaine	14	94 km N	1,830	33.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Creuzier-le-Neuf	03	358 km SE	1,225	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Juigné-sur-Sarthe	72	70 km S	1,141	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 %
Messein	54	447 km E	1,981	32	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Attainville	95	180 km NE	1,904	29.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Bazemont	78	142 km NE	1,727	20.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Juigné-sur-Sarthe	72	70 km S	1,141	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 %
Cambes-en-Plaine	14	94 km N	1,830	33.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Bazemont	78	142 km NE	1,727	20.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Attainville	95	180 km NE	1,904	29.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Creuzier-le-Neuf	03	358 km SE	1,225	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Messein	54	447 km E	1,981	32	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Damigny'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
Grugies	02	277 km NE	1,280	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-de-Metz	80	224 km NE	2,425	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bachy	59	328 km NE	1,898	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Still	67	540 km E	1,793	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Schœneck	57	509 km E	2,435	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Désir	14	78 km N	1,756	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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