Rai

Orne · CC des Pays de L'Aigle · INSEE 61342

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

Few services 30.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rai (INSEE 61342) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Pays de L'Aigle. Population 1,430 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/61342-rai

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 11,998 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.33	10	3.34
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA RAI SERVE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'ALOUVI AIGLON). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JESUS DOMINGUEZ ALONSO, MÉDECIN · ANALIA PAZOS ANANIA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU PROG RAI). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (RAI RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MUNICIPALE DE RAI). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (AIRE DES SPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (AUX CISEAUX DO'RAI). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LA RAI SERVE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	L'ALOUVI AIGLON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)	2	JESUS DOMINGUEZ ALONSO, MÉDECIN · ANALIA PAZOS ANANIA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU PROG RAI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	RAI RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MUNICIPALE DE RAI	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	AIRE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	AUX CISEAUX DO'RAI	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: 1,156 peak 1999: 1,760 2023: 1,430 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,511 (2012) → 1,430 (2023): -5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,714 (1990) → 1,430 (2023): -16.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 725, of which 4.6 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.5 km NEGP — 0.5 km NEPharmacy — 0.5 km NEBakery — 2.7 km SW 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 (Aube): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rai): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rai): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Rai): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Rai): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.9

Days at or below 0 °C 48.9

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the L AIGLE weather station, 6.2 km away at 232 m; the village itself is at 216 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at L AIGLE, 6.2 km away at 232 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 722 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at L AIGLE, 6.2 km away at 232 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 — 61342/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61342/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61342/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61342/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61008
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61342
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
Cartelègue	33	406 km S	1,334	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 68 % · humidity 29 %
Cornil	19	402 km S	1,261	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Maransin	33	414 km S	1,063	40.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Plaudren	56	265 km SW	1,978	46.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Dignac	16	356 km S	1,362	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Jean-du-Pin	30	580 km SE	1,508	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Plaudren	56	265 km SW	1,978	46.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Dignac	16	356 km S	1,362	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Cornil	19	402 km S	1,261	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Cartelègue	33	406 km S	1,334	44.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 68 % · humidity 29 %
Maransin	33	414 km S	1,063	40.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 77 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Jean-du-Pin	30	580 km SE	1,508	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Rai'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
Roybon	38	525 km SE	1,091	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Moyon Villages	50	127 km W	1,489	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Denis-de-Gastines	53	115 km SW	1,463	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Merlerault-le-Pin	61	22 km W	1,429	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Prisches	59	274 km NE	1,000	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Longueville	59	292 km NE	2,057	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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