Lonlay-l'Abbaye

Identity

Lonlay-l'Abbaye (INSEE 61232) is in Orne (61), part of CC Domfront Tinchebray Interco. Population 1,123 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/61232-lonlay-l-abbaye

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 13,635 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BAR DU MOULIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE GRENIER A SEL · O'BOUCHERS DE LONLAY). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL LONLAY COMMERCE ET SERVICES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS DE L'ABBAYE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SIMONA-CLAUDIA HANCU, MÉDECIN · MARION LE MONNIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LONLAY L ABBAYE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LONLAY-L'ABBAYE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (BELLE ET RE-BELLE · PASSION COIFFURE BY OCEANE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,171 (2012) → 1,123 (2023): -4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,256 (1990) → 1,123 (2023): -10.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 755, of which 14.3 % second homes and 15.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Bômer-les-Forges): 5.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lonlay-l'Abbaye): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lonlay-l'Abbaye): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Domfront en Poiraie): 7.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Lonlay-l'Abbaye): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST BOMER-LES-FORGES weather station, 6.3 km away at 226 m; the village itself is at 141 m. ^[11]

The village sits 85 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at FLERS, 14.6 km away at 195 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 54 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,096 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST BOMER-LES-FORGES, 6.3 km away at 226 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61232/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61232/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61232/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61232/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61369
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61232
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61145
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024