Montsecret-Clairefougère
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 34.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Montsecret-Clairefougère (INSEE 61292) is in Orne (61), part of CC Domfront Tinchebray Interco. Population 667 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2015-01-01 from 1 former commune: Clairefougère (61109). [3]
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/61292-montsecret-clairefougere
Vitality score
Vitality score 34.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 62 % of the 16,643 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 | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.7 | 10 | 6.97 |
| Housing mix | 0.79 | 5 | 3.97 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [4,5]
2 × Café / bar (LES 3 CHEMINEES · LA PAUSE). [5]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DES COQUELICOTS (MONTSECRET)). [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTSECRET RP). [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MONTSECRET-CLAIREFOUGÈRE). [4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Café / bar | 2 | LES 3 CHEMINEES · LA PAUSE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DES COQUELICOTS (MONTSECRET) | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | MONTSECRET RP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MONTSECRET-CLAIREFOUGÈRE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 702 (2012) → 667 (2023): -5 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 557 (1990) → 667 (2023): 19.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 351, of which 10.3 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Tinchebray-Bocage): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
GP (Tinchebray-Bocage): 6 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Montsecret-Clairefougère): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the FLERS weather station, 8.2 km away at 195 m; the village itself is at 134 m. [12]
The village sits 61 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at FLERS, 8.2 km away at 195 m, over 28 summers. [12]
That station sits 61 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 898 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at FLERS, 8.2 km away at 195 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61292/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61292/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61292/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61292/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 61486
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 61445
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 61292
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Glen | 22 | 144 km W | 664 | 32.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ormoy | 89 | 328 km E | 638 | 29 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Menomblet | 85 | 230 km S | 685 | 32.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gausson | 22 | 163 km W | 648 | 30.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brévonnes | 10 | 377 km E | 673 | 31 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bayet | 03 | 410 km SE | 672 | 32.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Glen | 22 | 144 km W | 664 | 32.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gausson | 22 | 163 km W | 648 | 30.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Menomblet | 85 | 230 km S | 685 | 32.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ormoy | 89 | 328 km E | 638 | 29 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brévonnes | 10 | 377 km E | 673 | 31 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bayet | 03 | 410 km SE | 672 | 32.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 89 % · 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 Montsecret-Clairefougère'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-Glen | 22 | 144 km W | 664 | 32.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Squiffiec | 22 | 183 km W | 747 | 39 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bourg-Fidèle | 08 | 397 km E | 818 | 31.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Barbery | 60 | 248 km E | 528 | 31 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lavilletertre | 60 | 195 km E | 631 | 32.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hanvoile | 60 | 202 km NE | 654 | 28.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
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