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Gâprée

Orne · CC de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe · INSEE 61183

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

No daily shops 10/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gâprée (INSEE 61183) is in Orne (61), part of CC de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe. Population 142 (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/61183-gapree

Vitality score

Vitality score 10/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 13,687 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 trend0.51105.07
Housing mix0.6953.45

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: 176 2023: 142 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 140 (2012) → 142 (2023): 1.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 141 (1990) → 142 (2023): 0.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 84, of which 15.5 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 3.2 km E (Courtomer)Primary school — 4.7 km E (Courtomer)Bakery — 4.9 km E (Courtomer)GP — 4.9 km E (Courtomer)Pharmacy — 4.9 km E (Courtomer)
Food shop — 3.2 km EPrimary school — 4.7 km EBakery — 4.9 km EGP — 4.9 km EPharmacy — 4.9 km E 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): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Courtomer): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Courtomer): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Courtomer): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Courtomer): 4.7 km to the east (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, 4.6 km away at 223 m; the village itself is at 204 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, 14 km away at 202 m, over 15 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, 4.6 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 — 61183/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61183/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61183/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61183/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
Herré40514 km S14311.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Labarthète32556 km S1459.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Magrin81571 km S14013.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Chapdeuil24365 km S14211.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Coulours89249 km E1418.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Montgaillard82523 km S14015.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 82 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Coulours89249 km E1418.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chapdeuil24365 km S14211.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Herré40514 km S14311.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Montgaillard82523 km S14015.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 38 % · winter 82 %
Labarthète32556 km S1459.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 80 % · humidity 36 %
Magrin81571 km S14013.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 76 % · 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 Gâprée'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
Aunay-les-Bois618.8 km S13811.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Loisail6126 km SE1359.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Benoît-des-Ombres2772 km N14314.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Béalencourt62241 km NE1398.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Prez08323 km NE13313No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Merri6135 km NW14910.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %