Pacé

Orne · CU d'Alençon · INSEE 61321

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

Few services 24.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pacé (INSEE 61321) is in Orne (61), part of CU d'Alençon. Population 404 (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 24.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 18,020 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.87	10	8.69
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE PACÉ). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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		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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE PACÉ	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 306 2023: 404 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 363 (2012) → 404 (2023): 11.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 295 (1990) → 404 (2023): 36.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 190, of which 4.7 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.2 km EPharmacy — 3.3 km NWBakery — 3.6 km WFood shop — 3.6 km WGP — 3.6 km W 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 (Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Denis-sur-Sarthon): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Condé-sur-Sarthe): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.7

Days at or below 0 °C 42.6

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ALENCON weather station, 8.4 km away at 143 m; the village itself is at 161 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ALENCON, 8.4 km away at 143 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ALENCON, 8.4 km away at 143 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 — 61321/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61321/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61321/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61321/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61382
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61117
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
Champigny-lès-Langres	52	401 km E	402	20	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Sommelonne	55	372 km E	407	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Villey-le-Sec	54	441 km E	419	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Schillersdorf	67	555 km E	407	19	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Montigné-lès-Rairies	49	93 km S	418	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gorgon	56	188 km SW	443	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montigné-lès-Rairies	49	93 km S	418	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gorgon	56	188 km SW	443	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Sommelonne	55	372 km E	407	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Champigny-lès-Langres	52	401 km E	402	20	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Villey-le-Sec	54	441 km E	419	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Schillersdorf	67	555 km E	407	19	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · 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 Pacé'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-Gorgon	56	188 km SW	443	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Allonnes	28	123 km E	321	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Rebergues	62	293 km NE	403	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Croisille	27	93 km NE	405	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Villermain	41	131 km SE	390	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Hugleville-en-Caux	76	150 km NE	406	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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