Rânes

Orne · CC Terres d'Argentan Interco · INSEE 61344

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

Partly served 43/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rânes (INSEE 61344) is in Orne (61), part of CC Terres d'Argentan Interco. Population 1,036 (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/61344-ranes

Vitality score

Vitality score 43/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 14,098 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.52	10	5.21
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.15

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 0 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 2 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 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DU ROND POINT). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE TWENTY). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PATRICK CHABOISSON, MÉDECIN · MARIANNE LEDAUPHIN, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LEPLEUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (RANES AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX DE CHLOE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL DU PARC). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE DU ROND POINT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	2	LE TWENTY	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	PATRICK CHABOISSON, MÉDECIN · MARIANNE LEDAUPHIN, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LEPLEUX	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	RANES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE RÂNES	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	1	LES CISEAUX DE CHLOE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL DU PARC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,039 peak 2012: 1,067 2023: 1,036 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,067 (2012) → 1,036 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,015 (1990) → 1,036 (2023): 2.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 626, of which 8.5 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 6.7 km S 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 (Joué-du-Bois): 6.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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

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

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

Primary school (Rânes): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.4

Days at or below 0 °C 50.1

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CARROUGES weather station, 9.4 km away at 295 m; the village itself is at 253 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ARGENTAN, 18.5 km away at 170 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 83 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at RANES - CHATEAU, 0.1 km away at 250 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 — 61344/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61344/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61344/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61344/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61209
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61344
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-Christophe-Vallon	12	505 km SE	1,186	48.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Bais	53	45 km S	1,222	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-Sauves	86	201 km S	1,281	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Lamure-sur-Azergues	69	456 km SE	1,048	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Bairon et ses environs	08	375 km E	1,037	52.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 76 %
Brigueuil	16	310 km S	1,095	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bais	53	45 km S	1,222	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-de-Sauves	86	201 km S	1,281	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Brigueuil	16	310 km S	1,095	39.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Bairon et ses environs	08	375 km E	1,037	52.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 76 %
Lamure-sur-Azergues	69	456 km SE	1,048	55.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Christophe-Vallon	12	505 km SE	1,186	48.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Rânes'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
Bais	53	45 km S	1,222	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Paillencourt	59	309 km NE	1,030	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Broglie	27	68 km NE	1,056	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux	35	96 km W	1,326	50.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Oisseau	53	46 km SW	1,136	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-du-Vièvre	27	89 km NE	894	75	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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