Échauffour

Orne · CC des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault · INSEE 61150

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

Few services 30.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Échauffour (INSEE 61150) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault. Population 717 (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 30.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 16,295 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.48	10	4.76
Housing mix	0.59	5	2.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AU PETIT COMMERCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE SAINT ANDRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ECHAUFFOUR RP). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	AU PETIT COMMERCE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	LE SAINT ANDRE	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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	ECHAUFFOUR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 1,005 2023: 717 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 737 (2012) → 717 (2023): -2.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 735 (1990) → 717 (2023): -2.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 479, of which 20.5 % second homes and 12.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop GP — 4.0 km SEPrimary school — 4.6 km SEBakery — 8.0 km NEPharmacy — 9.0 km NW 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 (Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois): 8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Échauffour): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sainte-Gauburge-Sainte-Colombe): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Gacé): 9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Sainte-Gauburge-Sainte-Colombe): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.1

Days at or below 0 °C 47.4

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ECHAUFFOUR weather station, 2.1 km away at 280 m; the village itself is at 290 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PIN AU HARAS-INRAE, 15.2 km away at 202 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 88 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 866 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ECHAUFFOUR, 2.1 km away at 280 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61150/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61150/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61150/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61150/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61386
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61150
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61389
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61181
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
Pont-Melvez	22	273 km W	595	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Boisné-La Tude	16	361 km S	662	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Champsac	87	341 km S	702	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
La Selve	12	540 km S	562	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 85 %
Blanzay	86	283 km S	819	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Parly	89	245 km SE	817	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Parly	89	245 km SE	817	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-Melvez	22	273 km W	595	37.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Blanzay	86	283 km S	819	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Champsac	87	341 km S	702	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Boisné-La Tude	16	361 km S	662	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
La Selve	12	540 km S	562	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 85 %

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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 Échauffour'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
Chailloué	61	17 km SW	890	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Combres	28	68 km SE	547	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
La Roche-l'Abeille	87	355 km S	590	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Val-d'Étangson	72	95 km S	530	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Angoisse	24	373 km S	598	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Brecé	53	95 km SW	821	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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