Guerquesalles

Orne · CC des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault · INSEE 61198

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

No daily shops 17.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Guerquesalles (INSEE 61198) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault. Population 122 (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 17.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 12,371 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.4	10	4.04
Housing mix	0.42	5	2.11

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 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”.

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

2 × Restaurant (A'GRAP · SORESTO). ^[3,4]

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, 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	2	A'GRAP · SORESTO	INSEE BPE 2 / 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 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: 154 2023: 122 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 130 (2012) → 122 (2023): -6.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 135 (1990) → 122 (2023): -9.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 90, of which 28.9 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

GP — 1.8 km NBakery — 2.2 km NFood shop — 2.2 km NPrimary school — 2.2 km NPharmacy — 2.4 km N 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 (Vimoutiers): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vimoutiers): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vimoutiers): 1.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vimoutiers): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vimoutiers): 2.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.3

Days at or below 0 °C 31.9

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the TICHEVILLE_SAPC weather station, 2.9 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 138 m. ^[9]

The village sits 87 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[9]

An average of 833 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at TICHEVILLE_SAPC, 2.9 km away at 225 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61198/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61198/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61198/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61198/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61508
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
Chastel	43	486 km SE	122	10.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 1 %
Saint-Julien-le-Roux	07	563 km SE	127	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 64 %
Graix	42	515 km SE	128	15.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 43 %
Saint-Trinit	84	669 km SE	118	20	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 38 %
Virargues	15	468 km SE	116	12.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %
Germenay	58	310 km SE	118	13	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 58 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Germenay	58	310 km SE	118	13	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 58 %
Virargues	15	468 km SE	116	12.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 0 %
Chastel	43	486 km SE	122	10.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 1 %
Graix	42	515 km SE	128	15.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 43 %
Saint-Julien-le-Roux	07	563 km SE	127	17.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 64 %
Saint-Trinit	84	669 km SE	118	20	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 38 %

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