Giel-Courteilles

Orne · CC du Val d'Orne · INSEE 61189

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 25.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Giel-Courteilles (INSEE 61189) is in Orne (61), part of CC du Val d'Orne. Population 488 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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 25.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 17,802 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.08

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DU FER A CHEVAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Collège (ECOLE AGRICOLE PRIVEE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE GIEL). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE GIEL DON BOSCO COLLEGE LYCEE PRIVE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	1	AUBERGE DU FER A CHEVAL	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	1	ECOLE AGRICOLE PRIVEE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE GIEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE GIEL DON BOSCO COLLEGE LYCEE PRIVE	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 408 peak 2007: 506 2023: 488 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 476 (2012) → 488 (2023): 2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 321 (1990) → 488 (2023): 52 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 195, of which 9.2 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

GP — 3.4 km WPharmacy — 3.4 km WBakery — 3.5 km WPrimary school — 3.5 km WFood shop — 7.5 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 (Putanges-le-Lac): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Écouché-les-Vallées): 7.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Putanges-le-Lac): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Putanges-le-Lac): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Putanges-le-Lac): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.5

Days at or below 0 °C 55.2

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the RI weather station, 4.2 km away at 212 m; the village itself is at 236 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ARGENTAN, 16.1 km away at 170 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 66 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at RI, 4.2 km away at 212 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61189/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61189/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61189/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61189/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61339
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61153
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
Lecques	30	638 km SE	473	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %
Rouffiac	17	343 km S	519	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
La Laigne	17	287 km S	500	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 89 %
Néronde-sur-Dore	63	433 km SE	483	22.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Courbouzon	41	174 km SE	420	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 92 %
Estandeuil	63	439 km SE	512	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Courbouzon	41	174 km SE	420	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 92 %
La Laigne	17	287 km S	500	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 89 %
Rouffiac	17	343 km S	519	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Néronde-sur-Dore	63	433 km SE	483	22.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Estandeuil	63	439 km SE	512	25.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Lecques	30	638 km SE	473	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Giel-Courteilles'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
Villey-le-Sec	54	453 km E	419	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Champigny-lès-Langres	52	421 km E	402	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Grumesnil	76	166 km NE	485	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saulxures-lès-Vannes	54	442 km E	376	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Caillouet-Orgeville	27	113 km E	490	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Thuilley-aux-Groseilles	54	454 km E	447	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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