Montchevrel

Orne · CC de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe · INSEE 61284

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

Few services 33.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montchevrel (INSEE 61284) is in Orne (61), part of CC de la Vallée de la Haute Sarthe. Population 228 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/61284-montchevrel

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 16,725 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.68	10	6.81
Housing mix	0.53	5	2.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES 5 ROUTES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE TEMPO). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	1	LES 5 ROUTES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE TEMPO	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	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: 233 peak 2017: 234 2023: 228 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 232 (2012) → 228 (2023): -1.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 193 (1990) → 228 (2023): 18.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 152, of which 23.7 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.0 km EGP — 4.0 km EBakery — 4.1 km EPharmacy — 6.2 km N 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 (Sainte-Scolasse-sur-Sarthe): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Scolasse-sur-Sarthe): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sainte-Scolasse-sur-Sarthe): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Courtomer): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montchevrel): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.2

Days at or below 0 °C 54.3

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the STE SCOLASSE-SUR-SARTHE weather station, 3.2 km away at 210 m; the village itself is at 209 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE, 14.2 km away at 242 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 779 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at STE SCOLASSE-SUR-SARTHE, 3.2 km away at 210 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 — 61284/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61284/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61284/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61284/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61454
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61133
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61284
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
Grézolles	42	407 km SE	235	30.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Curnier	26	598 km SE	206	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Caudebronde	11	598 km S	221	38.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Osserain-Rivareyte	64	586 km S	235	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 %
Laval-Saint-Roman	30	573 km SE	213	32	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Ciergues	52	372 km E	173	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Ciergues	52	372 km E	173	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Grézolles	42	407 km SE	235	30.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Laval-Saint-Roman	30	573 km SE	213	32	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 57 %
Osserain-Rivareyte	64	586 km S	235	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 %
Caudebronde	11	598 km S	221	38.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Curnier	26	598 km SE	206	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Montchevrel'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
Saint-Ciergues	52	372 km E	173	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Villiers-sous-Mortagne	61	19 km E	235	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ratzwiller	67	507 km E	233	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Itterswiller	67	523 km E	215	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Hyémondans	25	488 km E	191	36.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
La Roquette	27	105 km NE	233	18.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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