Sainte-Gauburge-Sainte-Colombe
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 38.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sainte-Gauburge-Sainte-Colombe (INSEE 61389) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault. Population 1,006 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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 38.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 59 % of the 14,286 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.51 | 20 | 10.26 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.34 | 10 | 3.43 |
| Housing mix | 0.83 | 5 | 4.15 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CARREFOUR EXPRESS · POTAGER & GOURMANDISES). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (AU 35). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE BAR BLEU). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SYLVIE CARRE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA VALLEE DE LA RISLE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINTE-GAUBURGE-SAINTE-COLOMBE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (AUX REFLETS DE SOPHIE). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (AUBERGE DU VALBURGEOIS · HOTEL DE LA GARE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CENTRE EQUESTRE DE STE GAUBURGE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | CARREFOUR EXPRESS · POTAGER & GOURMANDISES | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 2 | AU 35 | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE BAR BLEU | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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) | 1 | SYLVIE CARRE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE LA VALLEE DE LA RISLE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE SAINTE-GAUBURGE-SAINTE-COLOMBE | 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 | AUX REFLETS DE SOPHIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | AUBERGE DU VALBURGEOIS · HOTEL DE LA GARE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CENTRE EQUESTRE DE STE GAUBURGE | 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
Population 1,126 (2012) → 1,006 (2023): -10.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,194 (1990) → 1,006 (2023): -15.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 732, of which 8.5 % second homes and 18.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Moulins-la-Marche): 8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sainte-Gauburge-Sainte-Colombe): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Sainte-Gauburge-Sainte-Colombe): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Moulins-la-Marche): 7.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Sainte-Gauburge-Sainte-Colombe): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ECHAUFFOUR weather station, 5.9 km away at 280 m; the village itself is at 237 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at L AIGLE, 17.6 km away at 232 m, over 28 summers. [10]
An average of 866 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ECHAUFFOUR, 5.9 km away at 280 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61389/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61389/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61389/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61389/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 61297
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 61389
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Poujol-sur-Orb | 34 | 606 km S | 947 | 54.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-Caradec | 22 | 249 km W | 1,132 | 41.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ornaisons | 11 | 643 km S | 1,161 | 45.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 58 % · humidity 14 % |
| Beton-Bazoches | 77 | 207 km E | 890 | 55.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mons-en-Laonnois | 02 | 245 km NE | 1,146 | 42.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villefagnan | 16 | 302 km S | 972 | 66.5 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beton-Bazoches | 77 | 207 km E | 890 | 55.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mons-en-Laonnois | 02 | 245 km NE | 1,146 | 42.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Caradec | 22 | 249 km W | 1,132 | 41.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villefagnan | 16 | 302 km S | 972 | 66.5 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Poujol-sur-Orb | 34 | 606 km S | 947 | 54.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 % |
| Ornaisons | 11 | 643 km S | 1,161 | 45.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 58 % · humidity 14 % |
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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 Sainte-Gauburge-Sainte-Colombe'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mons-en-Laonnois | 02 | 245 km NE | 1,146 | 42.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gaillefontaine | 76 | 135 km NE | 1,108 | 44 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Troissereux | 60 | 145 km NE | 1,374 | 48.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bonnemain | 35 | 164 km W | 1,536 | 50.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Morienval | 60 | 193 km E | 1,035 | 29.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Choisy-en-Brie | 77 | 205 km E | 1,354 | 54.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
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