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Méhoudin

Orne · CC du Pays Fertois et du Bocage Carrougien · INSEE 61257

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 12.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Méhoudin (INSEE 61257) is in Orne (61), part of CC du Pays Fertois et du Bocage Carrougien. Population 121 (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/61257-mehoudin

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 12,255 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.77107.74
Housing mix0.6253.1

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 130 peak 1975: 131 2023: 121 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 117 (2012) → 121 (2023): 3.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 95 (1990) → 121 (2023): 27.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 79, of which 19 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.6 km NW (Rives d'Andaine)Pharmacy — 2.7 km NW (Rives d'Andaine)Food shop — 2.8 km NW (Rives d'Andaine)Bakery — 3.2 km N (La Ferté Macé)GP — 6.3 km NW (Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie)
Primary school — 2.6 km NWPharmacy — 2.7 km NWFood shop — 2.8 km NWBakery — 3.2 km NGP — 6.3 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 (La Ferté Macé): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Rives d'Andaine): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie): 6.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Rives d'Andaine): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Rives d'Andaine): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BAGNOLES-DE-L_ORNE weather station, 5.2 km away at 151 m; the village itself is at 128 m. [11]

An average of 909 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BAGNOLES-DE-L_ORNE, 5.2 km away at 151 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 — 61257/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61257/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61257/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61257/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61168
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61096
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61483
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Ventrouze6180 km E1208.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Murs36211 km SE1197.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 68 %
Pouydraguin32539 km S1208No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 42 %
Montaut32571 km S1228.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 62 %
Betbezer-d'Armagnac40503 km S1248.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 80 %
Bessac16343 km S1228.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 68 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Ventrouze6180 km E1208.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Murs36211 km SE1197.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 68 %
Bessac16343 km S1228.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 68 %
Betbezer-d'Armagnac40503 km S1248.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 80 %
Pouydraguin32539 km S1208No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 44 % · winter 42 %
Montaut32571 km S1228.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 41 % · winter 62 %

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