Gacé

Orne · CC des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault · INSEE 61181

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

Served 66.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gacé (INSEE 61181) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault. Population 1,766 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/61181-gace

Vitality score

Vitality score 66.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 10,439 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	0.68	25	17.01
Social	0.91	20	18.15
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.29	10	2.86
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA TATIN D'OR · SARL GENIGAM). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (LES ELEVEURS DE LA CHARENTONNE · LC TRAITEUR CHARCUTIER · BOUCHERIE DE LA SOURCE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE VRAC'DU COIN · MARCHE DE LA VILLE). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LAMAR · AU MARCHE DE GACE). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (GANG OF PIZZA · TOKAT YUSUF · SARL ROUILLARD · LE BISTROT NORMAND · OH DELICE). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE CADRE NOIR · MAISON PERRAUX · L'ANTRE-METS). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE EDGAR DEGAS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE L'ANGE GARDIEN). ^[3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN MOULIN · COLLEGE PRIVE TREGARO). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AUDREY LOOTVOET, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE HERN, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE JOURDAIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE GACE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (PÔLE DE GACÉ). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LE TAHITI). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS · COLLEGE JEAN MOULIN). ^[3]

1 × Bank (AGENCE DE GACE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (SONIA COIFFURE · J'M COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL-RESTAURANT LES CHAMPS). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE PRESSOIR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA TATIN D'OR · SARL GENIGAM	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	LES ELEVEURS DE LA CHARENTONNE · LC TRAITEUR CHARCUTIER · BOUCHERIE DE LA SOURCE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LE VRAC'DU COIN · MARCHE DE LA VILLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	LAMAR · AU MARCHE DE GACE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	GANG OF PIZZA · TOKAT YUSUF · SARL ROUILLARD · LE BISTROT NORMAND · OH DELICE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LE CADRE NOIR · MAISON PERRAUX · L'ANTRE-METS	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE EDGAR DEGAS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE L'ANGE GARDIEN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	2	COLLEGE JEAN MOULIN · COLLEGE PRIVE TREGARO	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	AUDREY LOOTVOET, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE HERN, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE JOURDAIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE GACE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	PÔLE DE GACÉ	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LE TAHITI	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	HALLE DES SPORTS · COLLEGE JEAN MOULIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	AGENCE DE GACE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	SONIA COIFFURE · J'M COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	3	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL-RESTAURANT LES CHAMPS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE PRESSOIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 2,170 peak 1975: 2,397 2023: 1,766 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,031 (2012) → 1,766 (2023): -13 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,247 (1990) → 1,766 (2023): -21.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,075, of which 4.7 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Gacé): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gacé): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Gacé): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Gacé): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Gacé): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.2

Days at or below 0 °C 37.8

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ECHAUFFOUR weather station, 7.8 km away at 280 m; the village itself is at 193 m. ^[9]

The village sits 87 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at PIN AU HARAS-INRAE, 11.5 km away at 202 m, over 15 summers. ^[9]

An average of 859 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at NEUVILLE-SUR-TOUQUES, 7.1 km away at 200 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 — 61181/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61181/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61181/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61181/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
Les Grandes-Ventes	76	129 km NE	1,725	55.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Solre-le-Château	59	314 km NE	1,796	53.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Crépin-Ibouvillers	60	140 km NE	1,637	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Entre-deux-Guiers	38	557 km SE	1,915	57.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Wœrth	67	545 km E	1,656	61.4	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumont-sur-Sarthe	72	65 km S	1,972	59.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beaumont-sur-Sarthe	72	65 km S	1,972	59.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 %
Les Grandes-Ventes	76	129 km NE	1,725	55.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Crépin-Ibouvillers	60	140 km NE	1,637	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Solre-le-Château	59	314 km NE	1,796	53.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Wœrth	67	545 km E	1,656	61.4	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Entre-deux-Guiers	38	557 km SE	1,915	57.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Gacé'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-Crépin-Ibouvillers	60	140 km NE	1,637	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Bretteville-sur-Laize	14	53 km NW	1,910	63.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chaulnes	80	214 km NE	1,969	65.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte	50	148 km NW	2,114	64.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Potigny	14	44 km NW	2,089	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Brécey	50	108 km W	2,172	60.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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