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Ginai

Orne · CC Terres d'Argentan Interco · INSEE 61190

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

No daily shops 10.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ginai (INSEE 61190) is in Orne (61), part of CC Terres d'Argentan Interco. Population 74 (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/61190-ginai

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 7,836 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 trend0.66106.56
Housing mix0.552.5

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: 120 2023: 74 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 91 (2012) → 74 (2023): -18.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 64 (1990) → 74 (2023): 15.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 52, of which 25 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 4.4 km S (Merlerault-le-Pin)Food shop — 4.6 km S (Merlerault-le-Pin)GP — 7.2 km SE (Merlerault-le-Pin)Primary school — 7.3 km SE (Merlerault-le-Pin)Pharmacy — 8.0 km NE (Gacé)
Bakery — 4.4 km SFood shop — 4.6 km SGP — 7.2 km SEPrimary school — 7.3 km SEPharmacy — 8.0 km NE 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 (Merlerault-le-Pin): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Merlerault-le-Pin): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Merlerault-le-Pin): 7.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Gacé): 8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Merlerault-le-Pin): 7.3 km to the south-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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the PIN AU HARAS-INRAE weather station, 3.6 km away at 202 m; the village itself is at 212 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at PIN AU HARAS-INRAE, 3.6 km away at 202 m, over 15 summers. [10]

An average of 774 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at PIN AU HARAS-INRAE, 3.6 km away at 202 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61190/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61190/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61190/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61190/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61275
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61181
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Samaran32596 km S746.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Castillon65629 km S735No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Béru89291 km E759.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Chirac48526 km SE7211.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Thou18233 km SE779.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Denezières39481 km SE736.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Thou18233 km SE779.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Béru89291 km E759.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Denezières39481 km SE736.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Chirac48526 km SE7211.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Samaran32596 km S746.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Castillon65629 km S735No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 86 % · 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 Ginai'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
Drée21367 km SE6611.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Véry55358 km E795.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Trinité-des-Laitiers6113 km NE677.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Poncey-sur-l'Ignon21365 km E8010.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Chahains6132 km SW817.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Épinonville55359 km E654.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %