La Ferté-en-Ouche

Orne · CC des Pays de L'Aigle · INSEE 61167

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

Served 66/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Ferté-en-Ouche (INSEE 61167) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Pays de L'Aigle. Population 2,938 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 9 former communes: Anceins (61003), Bocquencé (61047), Couvains (61136), Gauville (61184), Glos-la-Ferrière (61191), Heugon (61205), Monnai (61282), Saint-Nicolas-des-Laitiers (61434), Villers-en-Ouche (61506). ^[3]

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/61167-la-ferte-en-ouche

Vitality score

Vitality score 66/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 7,235 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	0.5	10	4.99
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PASTY LAVENANT · AUX SAVEURS DE VILLERS). ^[4,5]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE ROUVRAIS). ^[4,5]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU COURS DES HALLES · PRIMEUR'DIAL). ^[4,5]

4 × Restaurant (LE CHEVAL BAI · TEOPACO). ^[4,5]

4 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA MAIRIE · AU BAR FERTOIS · CAFE-BAR CULTUREL ET SOCIAL : LE RENARD SE MARRE). ^[5]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CLAUDE MONET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HENRI MATISSE). ^[4]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANDRES AZNAR AZNAR, MÉDECIN · GEORGETA MARIA SANDU, MÉDECIN · ABDELLAZIZ BOUJBIR, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA FERTE). ^[4,5]

2 × Post office / agence postale (VILLERS EN OUCHE RP · LA POSTE). ^[4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LA CANTONADE 6 RUE DU CHÂTEAU). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[4]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORMANDIE). ^[4]

4 × Hairdresser (NICOLE COIFFURE · FLORE COIFFURE · CORINNE COIFFURE). ^[4,5]

1 × Hotel (LE COMPTOIR DU PARADIS). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	PASTY LAVENANT · AUX SAVEURS DE VILLERS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE ROUVRAIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	AU COURS DES HALLES · PRIMEUR'DIAL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	4	LE CHEVAL BAI · TEOPACO	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5]
Café / bar	4	CAFE DE LA MAIRIE · AU BAR FERTOIS · CAFE-BAR CULTUREL ET SOCIAL : LE RENARD SE MARRE	INSEE SIRENE 4 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CLAUDE MONET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HENRI MATISSE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	ANDRES AZNAR AZNAR, MÉDECIN · GEORGETA MARIA SANDU, MÉDECIN · ABDELLAZIZ BOUJBIR, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA FERTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	2	VILLERS EN OUCHE RP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE LA CANTONADE 6 RUE DU CHÂTEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	1	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORMANDIE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Hairdresser	4	NICOLE COIFFURE · FLORE COIFFURE · CORINNE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	1	LE COMPTOIR DU PARADIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday. ^[6]

Trajectory

1968: 3,157 peak 2007: 3,292 2023: 2,938 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,265 (2012) → 2,938 (2023): -10 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 2,940 (1990) → 2,938 (2023): -0.1 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,927, of which 16.7 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 3.3 km SE 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 (La Ferté-en-Ouche): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (La Ferté-en-Ouche): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (La Ferté-en-Ouche): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Ferté-en-Ouche): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Ferté-en-Ouche): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.4

Days at or below 0 °C 55.6

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COUVAINS weather station, 4.7 km away at 249 m; the village itself is at 262 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at L AIGLE, 14.4 km away at 232 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 796 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COUVAINS, 4.7 km away at 249 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[6]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61167/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.laferteenouche.fr/articles/marche-de-la-ferte-fresnel-bis/— “Le jeudi de 8h30 à 12h30/13h”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61167/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61167/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61167/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61167
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
Plonévez-du-Faou	29	326 km W	2,160	56.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Guiscriff	56	319 km W	2,037	61.8	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Montredon-Labessonnié	81	586 km S	2,076	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Brantôme en Périgord	24	387 km S	3,763	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 100 %
Plouguenast-Langast	22	245 km W	2,380	56.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Luché-Pringé	72	131 km S	1,535	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Luché-Pringé	72	131 km S	1,535	51.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Plouguenast-Langast	22	245 km W	2,380	56.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Guiscriff	56	319 km W	2,037	61.8	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Plonévez-du-Faou	29	326 km W	2,160	56.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Brantôme en Périgord	24	387 km S	3,763	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 100 %
Montredon-Labessonnié	81	586 km S	2,076	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · 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 La Ferté-en-Ouche'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
Tourouvre au Perche	61	30 km S	2,955	54.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Richebourg	62	251 km NE	2,687	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Longny les Villages	61	39 km SE	2,811	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Vald'Yerre	28	94 km SE	3,609	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
La Couture	62	250 km NE	2,590	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Gommegnies	59	280 km NE	2,264	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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