Le Grais

Orne · CA Flers Agglo · INSEE 61195

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

Few services 23.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Grais (INSEE 61195) is in Orne (61), part of CA Flers Agglo. Population 208 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 23.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 16,179 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	0.83	10	8.33
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.1

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (AU GRAIS DU VENT). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE GRAIS RP). ^[3]

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, Library. ^[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	AU GRAIS DU VENT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	LE GRAIS RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 249 2023: 208 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 224 (2012) → 208 (2023): -7.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 156 (1990) → 208 (2023): 33.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 122, of which 9 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 5.5 km SWFood shop — 5.6 km SBakery — 5.8 km SPharmacy — 5.8 km SGP — 6.1 km S 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 (La Ferté Macé): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Ferté Macé): 5.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Ferté Macé): 6.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Ferté Macé): 5.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Les Monts d'Andaine): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.1

Days at or below 0 °C 53.4

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BRIOUZE weather station, 6.9 km away at 215 m; the village itself is at 241 m. ^[10]

An average of 928 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BRIOUZE, 6.9 km away at 215 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 — 61195/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61195/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61195/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61195/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61168
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61463
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
Termes-d'Armagnac	32	553 km S	207	20.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 66 %
Saint-Géraud-de-Corps	24	412 km S	202	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 89 %
Le Pin-au-Haras	61	37 km E	243	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 97 %
Gurat	16	360 km S	186	21	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 91 %
Tanville	61	26 km E	227	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Castanet	81	549 km S	210	19.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tanville	61	26 km E	227	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Le Pin-au-Haras	61	37 km E	243	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 97 %
Gurat	16	360 km S	186	21	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 91 %
Saint-Géraud-de-Corps	24	412 km S	202	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 89 %
Castanet	81	549 km S	210	19.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 100 %
Termes-d'Armagnac	32	553 km S	207	20.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 66 %

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