Écouves

Orne · CU d'Alençon · INSEE 61341

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

Partly served 48/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Écouves (INSEE 61341) is in Orne (61), part of CU d'Alençon. Population 1,663 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 2 former communes: Forges (61175), Vingt-Hanaps (61509). ^[3]

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 48/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 10,850 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	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.61	10	6.14
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES SAVEURS DU PANETON). ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE D ECOUVES). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU PETIT MARCHE). ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (LES FORGES). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (LE FORESTIER). ^[5]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARC DEMANGEON, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (RADON RP). ^[4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ECOUVES). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (AC DES POUX). ^[4,5]

1 × Campsite. ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES SAVEURS DU PANETON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE D ECOUVES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AU PETIT MARCHE	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	1	LES FORGES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Café / bar	1	LE FORESTIER	INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	MARC DEMANGEON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE POUILLARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	RADON RP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ECOUVES	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	2	AC DES POUX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Campsite	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 990 peak 2012: 1,760 2023: 1,663 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,760 (2012) → 1,663 (2023): -5.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,493 (1990) → 1,663 (2023): 11.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 776, of which 2.4 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Écouves): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Écouves): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Écouves): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Écouves): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Écouves): 0.2 km to the south-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, 6.5 km away at 143 m; the village itself is at 179 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ALENCON, 6.5 km away at 143 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 847 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at RADON, 0.4 km away at 165 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 — 61341/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61341/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61341/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61341/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61341
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
Cavan	22	254 km W	1,571	58	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Lautrec	81	556 km S	1,673	60.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Vincent-des-Landes	44	152 km SW	1,525	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 %
Châtillon-en-Vendelais	35	100 km W	1,775	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Nauphary	82	515 km S	1,948	57.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Châtonnay	38	512 km SE	2,009	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Châtillon-en-Vendelais	35	100 km W	1,775	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Vincent-des-Landes	44	152 km SW	1,525	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 %
Cavan	22	254 km W	1,571	58	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Châtonnay	38	512 km SE	2,009	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Nauphary	82	515 km S	1,948	57.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Lautrec	81	556 km S	1,673	60.7	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 95 % · 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 Écouves'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 Martin de l'If	76	130 km NE	1,736	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Thorigné-sur-Dué	72	61 km SE	1,637	50.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Limésy	76	137 km NE	1,511	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Milly-sur-Thérain	60	177 km NE	1,922	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Renescure	59	296 km NE	2,113	51.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux	35	114 km W	1,326	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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