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Ferrières-la-Verrerie

Orne · CC de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe · INSEE 61166

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 5.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 2 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ferrières-la-Verrerie (INSEE 61166) is in Orne (61), part of CC de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe. Population 161 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/61166-ferrieres-la-verrerie

Vitality score

Vitality score 5.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 2 % of the 14,590 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.37103.66
Housing mix0.2251.11

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 322 2023: 161 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 185 (2012) → 161 (2023): -13 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 186 (1990) → 161 (2023): -13.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 149, of which 38.9 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.0 km SW (Courtomer)Food shop — 3.0 km SW (Courtomer)GP — 3.0 km SW (Courtomer)Pharmacy — 3.0 km SW (Courtomer)Primary school — 3.5 km SW (Courtomer)
Bakery — 3.0 km SWFood shop — 3.0 km SWGP — 3.0 km SWPharmacy — 3.0 km SWPrimary school — 3.5 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): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Courtomer): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Courtomer): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Courtomer): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Courtomer): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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, 3.9 km away at 223 m; the village itself is at 267 m. [9]

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

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE, 15.5 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, 3.9 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

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61166/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61166/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61166/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61166/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61133
  9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lorcières15466 km SE1622.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Joursac15438 km SE1605No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Les Genettes6114 km E16013.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Valle-di-Rostino2B976 km SE16713.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 41 % · humidity 79 %
Aubigné79291 km S1633.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-Fortin2836 km E1679.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Les Genettes6114 km E16013.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Fortin2836 km E1679.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Aubigné79291 km S1633.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Joursac15438 km SE1605No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Lorcières15466 km SE1622.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Valle-di-Rostino2B976 km SE16713.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 41 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Ferrières-la-Verrerie'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Mesnil-Saint-Jean2764 km N16111.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Piencourt2757 km N1708.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Reine73551 km SE17710.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bures619.9 km S16611.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ouen-de-Sécherouvre6110 km SE1535.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Tigny-Noyelle62212 km NE1636.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %