Passais Villages

Orne · CC Andaine - Passais · INSEE 61324

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

Few services 28.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Passais Villages (INSEE 61324) is in Orne (61), part of CC Andaine - Passais. Population 1,160 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 2 former communes: L'Épinay-le-Comte (61155), Saint-Siméon (61455). ^[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/61324-passais-villages

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 13,437 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	0.31	10	3.08
Housing mix	0.61	5	3.07

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DE LA PLACE). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVECO). ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANDRE MOREL (PASSAIS LA CONCEPTION)). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE PASSAIS). ^[4,5]

2 × Post office / agence postale (L EPINAY LE COMTE AP · PASSAIS VILLAGES AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (SITE DE PASSAIS VILLAGES RÉSEAU DE LECTURE PUBLIQUE ANDAINE-PASSAIS). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[4]

1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE NORMANDIE). ^[4]

3 × Hairdresser (MOREL YVETTE). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVECO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANDRE MOREL (PASSAIS LA CONCEPTION)	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE PASSAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	2	L EPINAY LE COMTE AP · PASSAIS VILLAGES AP	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Library	1	SITE DE PASSAIS VILLAGES RÉSEAU DE LECTURE PUBLIQUE ANDAINE-PASSAIS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	1	CREDIT AGRICOLE NORMANDIE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Hairdresser	3	MOREL YVETTE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,924 2023: 1,160 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,241 (2012) → 1,160 (2023): -6.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,435 (1990) → 1,160 (2023): -19.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 849, of which 19.3 % second homes and 16.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy Bakery — 5.3 km NEGP — 8.6 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 (Torchamp): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Passais Villages): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Le Teilleul): 8.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Passais Villages): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Passais Villages): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.9

Days at or below 0 °C 40.1

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-FRAIMBAULT weather station, 4.3 km away at 158 m; the village itself is at 160 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-FRAIMBAULT, 4.3 km away at 158 m, over 25 summers. ^[12]

An average of 841 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-FRAIMBAULT, 4.3 km away at 158 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 — 61324/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61324/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61324/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61324/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61487
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61324
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50591
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-Denis-de-Jouhet	36	296 km SE	953	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Jumilhac-le-Grand	24	363 km SE	1,130	35	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Molières	82	508 km S	1,273	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Lonlay-l'Abbaye	61	15 km N	1,123	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud	23	334 km SE	1,143	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bussière-Dunoise	23	315 km SE	1,040	29.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lonlay-l'Abbaye	61	15 km N	1,123	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet	36	296 km SE	953	43.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Bussière-Dunoise	23	315 km SE	1,040	29.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud	23	334 km SE	1,143	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Jumilhac-le-Grand	24	363 km SE	1,130	35	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Molières	82	508 km S	1,273	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Passais Villages'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
Lonlay-l'Abbaye	61	15 km N	1,123	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Dizier-Masbaraud	23	334 km SE	1,143	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Azerables	23	293 km SE	804	45.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Ceaucé	61	9.8 km E	1,165	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Lanrelas	22	117 km W	874	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bussière-Galant	87	349 km SE	1,298	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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