Messei

Orne · CA Flers Agglo · INSEE 61278

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 49.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Messei (INSEE 61278) is in Orne (61), part of CA Flers Agglo. Population 1,827 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 49.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 10,208 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	0.47	25	11.74
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.43	10	4.3
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LEMOY PATISSERIE · AU PLAISIR DES PAINS). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCIMARKET · THALASSA). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (JO PIZZ'). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (HOTEL DE LA GARE · LE TROTTEUR). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE J. PREVERT). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARCEL PAGNOL). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALBAN SOMMIER, MÉDECIN · ALICE MENARD, MÉDECIN · ANAELE DAULNE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU BOCAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MESSEI AP). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (MILLE ET UNE COUPE · AXELLE GUIBOUT). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	LEMOY PATISSERIE · AU PLAISIR DES PAINS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	COCCIMARKET · THALASSA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	JO PIZZ'	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	HOTEL DE LA GARE · LE TROTTEUR	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE J. PREVERT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARCEL PAGNOL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	ALBAN SOMMIER, MÉDECIN · ALICE MENARD, MÉDECIN · ANAELE DAULNE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU BOCAGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MESSEI AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE OMNISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	MILLE ET UNE COUPE · AXELLE GUIBOUT	INSEE BPE 2 / 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: 1,118 peak 1982: 2,017 2023: 1,827 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,949 (2012) → 1,827 (2023): -6.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,964 (1990) → 1,827 (2023): -7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 941, of which 2.7 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.6 km E 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 (Messei): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Messei): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Messei): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Messei): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Messei): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.8

Days at or below 0 °C 53.9

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the FLERS weather station, 5.6 km away at 195 m; the village itself is at 212 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at FLERS, 5.6 km away at 195 m, over 28 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,013 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MESSEI, 3.4 km away at 215 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61278/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61278/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61278/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61278/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61278
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
Châtel-sur-Moselle	88	513 km E	1,723	50.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Coubert	77	238 km E	2,005	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Varreddes	77	256 km E	2,167	51.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Port-Brillet	53	74 km SW	1,827	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Amblainville	60	202 km E	1,805	46.8	Partly served	no figures
Busigny	59	326 km NE	2,435	52.7	Partly served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Port-Brillet	53	74 km SW	1,827	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Amblainville	60	202 km E	1,805	46.8	Partly served	no figures
Coubert	77	238 km E	2,005	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Varreddes	77	256 km E	2,167	51.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Busigny	59	326 km NE	2,435	52.7	Partly served	no figures
Châtel-sur-Moselle	88	513 km E	1,723	50.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Messei'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
Port-Brillet	53	74 km SW	1,827	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Longueil-Sainte-Marie	60	248 km E	1,895	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ressons-sur-Matz	60	256 km E	1,727	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Tracy-le-Mont	60	272 km E	1,686	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vaury	23	328 km SE	1,718	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Coulans-sur-Gée	72	87 km SE	1,605	40.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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