La Fresnaie-Fayel
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 11.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Fresnaie-Fayel (INSEE 61178) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault. Population 50 (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 11.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 52 % of the 4,828 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.82 | 10 | 8.16 |
| Housing mix | 0.28 | 5 | 1.39 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 54 (2012) → 50 (2023): -7.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 38 (1990) → 50 (2023): 31.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 36, of which 36.1 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Gacé): 6.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Gacé): 6.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Gacé): 6.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Gacé): 6.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Gacé): 6.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the TICHEVILLE_SAPC weather station, 9.5 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 199 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at PIN AU HARAS-INRAE, 11.9 km away at 202 m, over 15 summers. [9]
An average of 795 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at ST PIERRE-LA-RIVIERE, 3.2 km away at 160 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61178/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61178/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61178/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61178/logement/2023
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saulles | 52 | 411 km E | 50 | 3.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sorbiers | 05 | 641 km SE | 50 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Aleyrac | 26 | 601 km SE | 50 | 11 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bièvres | 08 | 375 km E | 49 | 3.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ladoye-sur-Seille | 39 | 468 km SE | 50 | 8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bussy-la-Pesle | 58 | 298 km SE | 50 | 11 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bussy-la-Pesle | 58 | 298 km SE | 50 | 11 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bièvres | 08 | 375 km E | 49 | 3.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saulles | 52 | 411 km E | 50 | 3.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ladoye-sur-Seille | 39 | 468 km SE | 50 | 8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aleyrac | 26 | 601 km SE | 50 | 11 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sorbiers | 05 | 641 km SE | 50 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · 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 La Fresnaie-Fayel'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gilles-les-Forêts | 87 | 372 km S | 46 | 4.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Priest-Palus | 23 | 343 km S | 51 | 6.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montblainville | 55 | 352 km E | 58 | 4.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Denis-sur-Huisne | 61 | 46 km SE | 59 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mont-Ormel | 61 | 5.2 km W | 50 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bernâtre | 80 | 204 km NE | 40 | 6.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
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