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Ménil-Gondouin

Orne · CC du Val d'Orne · INSEE 61265

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

No daily shops 9.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ménil-Gondouin (INSEE 61265) is in Orne (61), part of CC du Val d'Orne. Population 156 (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/61265-menil-gondouin

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 14,407 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 trend0.49104.87
Housing mix0.7153.57

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: 220 2023: 156 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 166 (2012) → 156 (2023): -6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 158 (1990) → 156 (2023): -1.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 105, of which 14.3 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 3.4 km E (Putanges-le-Lac)Primary school — 3.5 km E (Putanges-le-Lac)Bakery — 3.6 km E (Putanges-le-Lac)Pharmacy — 3.8 km E (Putanges-le-Lac)Food shop — 6.8 km NW (Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume)
GP — 3.4 km EPrimary school — 3.5 km EBakery — 3.6 km EPharmacy — 3.8 km EFood shop — 6.8 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 (Putanges-le-Lac): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Sainte-Honorine-la-Guillaume): 6.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Putanges-le-Lac): 3.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Putanges-le-Lac): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Putanges-le-Lac): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the FRESNAYE-AU-SAUVAGE_SAPC weather station, 4.1 km away at 229 m; the village itself is at 230 m. [10]

An average of 862 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at FRESNAYE-AU-SAUVAGE_SAPC, 4.1 km away at 229 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61265/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61265/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61265/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61265/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61339
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61408
  10. 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
Romilly41133 km SE1558No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 85 %
Bouzon-Gellenave32564 km S1599No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 73 %
Ols-et-Rinhodes12507 km S15812No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 73 %
Veuilly-la-Poterie02259 km E15515.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 86 %
Les Marêts77265 km E15215.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 91 %
Le Sourd02318 km NE1559.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Romilly41133 km SE1558No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 85 %
Veuilly-la-Poterie02259 km E15515.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 86 %
Les Marêts77265 km E15215.1No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 91 %
Le Sourd02318 km NE1559.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Ols-et-Rinhodes12507 km S15812No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 73 %
Bouzon-Gellenave32564 km S1599No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 73 %

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