Montmerrei

Orne · CC des Sources de l'Orne · INSEE 61288

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

Few services 30.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montmerrei (INSEE 61288) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Sources de l'Orne. Population 560 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 30.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 17,448 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.89	10	8.86
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PIZZA POF). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (CYRIELLE COIFF'). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	1	PIZZA POF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	CYRIELLE COIFF'	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: 370 2023: 560 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 530 (2012) → 560 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 404 (1990) → 560 (2023): 38.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 255, of which 7.5 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.1 km EBakery — 3.2 km EPharmacy — 3.2 km EFood shop — 3.3 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 (Mortrée): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mortrée): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mortrée): 3.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mortrée): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montmerrei): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.5

Days at or below 0 °C 48

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ARGENTAN weather station, 9.5 km away at 170 m; the village itself is at 215 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ARGENTAN, 9.5 km away at 170 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 764 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ALMENECHES, 8.7 km away at 173 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61288/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61288/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61288/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61288/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61294
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61288
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
Aussac-Vadalle	16	314 km S	564	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Montsoué	40	547 km S	566	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %
Fontaine-l'Abbé	27	70 km NE	551	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Vovray-en-Bornes	74	542 km SE	550	31.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 %
Mézy-Moulins	02	259 km E	558	31.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cirq	82	513 km S	558	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fontaine-l'Abbé	27	70 km NE	551	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Mézy-Moulins	02	259 km E	558	31.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Aussac-Vadalle	16	314 km S	564	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Cirq	82	513 km S	558	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Vovray-en-Bornes	74	542 km SE	550	31.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 %
Montsoué	40	547 km S	566	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Montmerrei'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
Fontaine-l'Abbé	27	70 km NE	551	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Montillières-sur-Orne	14	60 km NW	557	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent	22	240 km W	541	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Coupelle-Vieille	62	258 km NE	550	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Remy	88	502 km E	518	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Niedermorschwihr	68	538 km E	537	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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