Ménil-Erreux

Orne · CU d'Alençon · INSEE 61263

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

No daily shops 18.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ménil-Erreux (INSEE 61263) is in Orne (61), part of CU d'Alençon. Population 204 (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/61263-menil-erreux

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 16,069 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.46	10	4.62
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (COUPE D'ENF'HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ECOLE COMMUNALE HIROULDAINE	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	1	COUPE D'ENF'HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 243 2023: 204 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 233 (2012) → 204 (2023): -12.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 212 (1990) → 204 (2023): -3.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 95, of which 4.2 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 5.5 km NEBakery — 5.8 km NEFood shop — 6.4 km WPharmacy — 6.4 km W 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 (Essay): 5.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Écouves): 6.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Essay): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Écouves): 6.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Ménil-Erreux): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.7

Days at or below 0 °C 42.6

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ALENCON weather station, 9.1 km away at 143 m; the village itself is at 163 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ALENCON, 9.1 km away at 143 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 847 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RADON, 6.6 km away at 165 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61263/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61263/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61263/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61263/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61156
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61341
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61263
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
Sénestis	47	454 km S	200	16.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 %
Fichous-Riumayou	64	561 km S	207	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %
Séby	64	560 km S	210	22	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 14 %
Doazon	64	565 km S	187	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 91 % · humidity 14 %
Giremoutiers	77	212 km E	188	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Leyritz-Moncassin	47	465 km S	206	16.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Giremoutiers	77	212 km E	188	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Sénestis	47	454 km S	200	16.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 92 % · humidity 50 %
Leyritz-Moncassin	47	465 km S	206	16.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 %
Séby	64	560 km S	210	22	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 78 % · humidity 14 %
Fichous-Riumayou	64	561 km S	207	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %
Doazon	64	565 km S	187	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 91 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Ménil-Erreux'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
Giremoutiers	77	212 km E	188	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-du-Thenney	27	60 km N	210	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bursard	61	4.0 km NE	199	11.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Neauphe-sous-Essai	61	6.6 km N	210	12.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumesnil	14	96 km NW	207	12.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Denazé	53	106 km SW	194	14.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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