Le Mage

Orne · CC des Hauts du Perche · INSEE 61242

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

No daily shops 14.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Mage (INSEE 61242) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Hauts du Perche. Population 231 (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/61242-le-mage

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 16,792 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
Housing mix	0.23	5	1.15

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 (O MA JOIE). ^[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	O MA JOIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 341 2023: 231 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 250 (2012) → 231 (2023): -7.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 231 (1990) → 231 (2023): 0 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 208, of which 38.5 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 2.9 km SEPrimary school — 4.2 km NWBakery — 4.5 km NWGP — 4.5 km NWPharmacy — 4.6 km NW 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 (Longny les Villages): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Moutiers-au-Perche): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Longny les Villages): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Longny les Villages): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Longny les Villages): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.3

Days at or below 0 °C 65.1

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 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LONGNY-AU-PERCHE weather station, 5.1 km away at 170 m; the village itself is at 186 m. ^[10]

An average of 834 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LONGNY-AU-PERCHE, 5.1 km away at 170 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 — 61242/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61242/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61242/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61242/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61230
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61300
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-Victor-la-Rivière	63	367 km SE	239	16.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 59 %
Saint-Just-sur-Viaur	12	502 km S	216	15.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 55 %
Réotier	05	615 km SE	226	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 0 %
Chiatra	2B	967 km SE	231	19	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 15 %
Saint-Maurice-en-Chalencon	07	498 km SE	203	20.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 65 %
Pillac	16	357 km S	243	14.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 69 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pillac	16	357 km S	243	14.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 69 %
Saint-Victor-la-Rivière	63	367 km SE	239	16.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 59 %
Saint-Maurice-en-Chalencon	07	498 km SE	203	20.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 65 %
Saint-Just-sur-Viaur	12	502 km S	216	15.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 55 %
Réotier	05	615 km SE	226	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 0 %
Chiatra	2B	967 km SE	231	19	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 15 %

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