Irai

Orne · CC des Pays de L'Aigle · INSEE 61208

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

Few services 29.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Irai (INSEE 61208) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Pays de L'Aigle. Population 603 (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 29.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 17,037 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.91	10	9.12
Housing mix	0.61	5	3.05

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 402 peak 2017: 613 2023: 603 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 582 (2012) → 603 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 427 (1990) → 603 (2023): 41.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 348, of which 19.5 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.8 km SWBakery — 4.6 km NWPharmacy — 6.3 km EGP — 6.4 km E 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 (Crulai): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tourouvre au Perche): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chennebrun): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Chennebrun): 6.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Irai): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.4

Days at or below 0 °C 65.7

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BEAULIEU weather station, 0.3 km away at 217 m; the village itself is at 225 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at L AIGLE, 10.1 km away at 232 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

An average of 841 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BEAULIEU, 0.3 km away at 217 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61208/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61208/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61208/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61208/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61140
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61491
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27155
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61208
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-Riquier-ès-Plains	76	128 km N	636	27.2	Few services	no figures
Les Chapelles	73	570 km SE	568	30.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 4 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sigismond	74	531 km SE	641	32.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Yviers	16	381 km S	541	25.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Besneville	50	187 km NW	661	26.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Fressin	62	221 km NE	579	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Riquier-ès-Plains	76	128 km N	636	27.2	Few services	no figures
Besneville	50	187 km NW	661	26.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Fressin	62	221 km NE	579	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Yviers	16	381 km S	541	25.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Sigismond	74	531 km SE	641	32.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Les Chapelles	73	570 km SE	568	30.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 4 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Irai'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
Savins	77	185 km E	617	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Manou	28	27 km SE	608	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Auteuil	60	126 km NE	554	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Montjavoult	60	100 km NE	530	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Hardivillers	60	153 km NE	548	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Auchy-la-Montagne	60	144 km NE	562	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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