Laleu

Orne · CC de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe · INSEE 61215

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

No daily shops 16.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Laleu (INSEE 61215) is in Orne (61), part of CC de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe. Population 362 (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 16.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 18,059 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	5	0
Population trend	0.5	10	5.03
Housing mix	0.59	5	2.94

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]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ MAMA & ALEX). ^[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	1	CHEZ MAMA & ALEX	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	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: 335 peak 2007: 375 2023: 362 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 362 (2012) → 362 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 361 (1990) → 362 (2023): 0.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 233, of which 20.6 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 2.9 km NEFood shop — 2.9 km NEPrimary school — 2.9 km NGP — 2.9 km NPharmacy — 6.8 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 (Sainte-Scolasse-sur-Sarthe): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Scolasse-sur-Sarthe): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sainte-Scolasse-sur-Sarthe): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bazoches-sur-Hoëne): 6.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sainte-Scolasse-sur-Sarthe): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.2

Days at or below 0 °C 54.3

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the STE SCOLASSE-SUR-SARTHE weather station, 3.4 km away at 210 m; the village itself is at 200 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE, 11.2 km away at 242 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 779 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at STE SCOLASSE-SUR-SARTHE, 3.4 km away at 210 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 — 61215/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61215/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61215/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61215/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61454
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61029
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-Evroult-de-Montfort	61	29 km N	370	25.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Fierville-les-Mines	50	176 km NW	348	24.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Bio	46	433 km S	350	23	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Lac-des-Rouges-Truites	39	474 km SE	397	23.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Canihuel	22	258 km W	350	15.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Victor-d'Épine	27	75 km N	335	18.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Evroult-de-Montfort	61	29 km N	370	25.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Victor-d'Épine	27	75 km N	335	18.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Fierville-les-Mines	50	176 km NW	348	24.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Canihuel	22	258 km W	350	15.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Bio	46	433 km S	350	23	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Lac-des-Rouges-Truites	39	474 km SE	397	23.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Laleu'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
Saint-Jouin-de-Blavou	61	13 km SE	311	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards	23	304 km SE	291	14.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Colombier	42	480 km SE	294	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Suin	71	388 km SE	273	14.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Placé	53	92 km W	359	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cuves	50	111 km W	256	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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