Monts-sur-Orne

Orne · CC Terres d'Argentan Interco · INSEE 61194

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

Few services 34.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Monts-sur-Orne (INSEE 61194) is in Orne (61), part of CC Terres d'Argentan Interco. Population 874 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2018-01-01 from 2 former communes: Montgaroult (61285), Sentilly (61468). ^[3]

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 34.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 15,151 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.66	10	6.61
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (RIBAULT ROMUALD). ^[4]

1 × Restaurant (LE COMPTOIR DE L'ECOLE). ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (L'HAIR BY CORALIE). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	RIBAULT ROMUALD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	LE COMPTOIR DE L'ECOLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	L'HAIR BY CORALIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 712 peak 2012: 913 2023: 874 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 913 (2012) → 874 (2023): -4.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 753 (1990) → 874 (2023): 16.1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 418, of which 5.3 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.5 km SWGP — 2.5 km SWFood shop — 2.8 km SWPharmacy — 2.8 km SW 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 (Monts-sur-Orne): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Écouché-les-Vallées): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Écouché-les-Vallées): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Écouché-les-Vallées): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Monts-sur-Orne): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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 0.6

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. ^[11]

Measured at the RI weather station, 7 km away at 212 m; the village itself is at 166 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ARGENTAN, 7.9 km away at 170 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 761 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TANQUES, 6.5 km away at 171 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61194/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61194/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61194/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61194/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61194
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
Saint-Sauveur	24	433 km S	849	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %
Louresse-Rochemenier	49	167 km S	896	41	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Poueyferré	65	624 km S	827	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Denis-sur-Loire	41	165 km SE	904	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Uzos	64	608 km S	874	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 14 %
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux	85	266 km S	917	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Denis-sur-Loire	41	165 km SE	904	34.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Louresse-Rochemenier	49	167 km S	896	41	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux	85	266 km S	917	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur	24	433 km S	849	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 99 % · humidity 50 %
Uzos	64	608 km S	874	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 14 %
Poueyferré	65	624 km S	827	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Monts-sur-Orne'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
Le Mesnil-Théribus	60	164 km NE	770	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Porcheux	60	162 km NE	677	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Salency	60	248 km NE	897	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Émancé	78	135 km E	872	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Mollkirch	67	550 km E	874	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Montceaux-lès-Meaux	77	227 km E	669	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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