Saint-Germain-de-la-Coudre

Orne · CC des Collines du Perche Normand · INSEE 61394

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

Served 66.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-de-la-Coudre (INSEE 61394) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Collines du Perche Normand. Population 831 (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/61394-saint-germain-de-la-coudre

Vitality score

Vitality score 66.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 15,417 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	0.71	25	17.74
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.61	10	6.05
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.55

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (PHILIPPE ET VALERIE POCHET). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA TETE NOIRE · ALLO PIZZA 61). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BISTROT DU PERCHE). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (YANN LE FLOHIC, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LHOPITALLIER-POUILHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT GERMAIN DE LA COUDRE AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (O MALICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	PHILIPPE ET VALERIE POCHET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	LA TETE NOIRE · ALLO PIZZA 61	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BISTROT DU PERCHE	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	YANN LE FLOHIC, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LHOPITALLIER-POUILHE	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	SAINT GERMAIN DE LA COUDRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	O MALICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 809 peak 2007: 862 2023: 831 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 825 (2012) → 831 (2023): 0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 752 (1990) → 831 (2023): 10.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 511, of which 14.5 % second homes and 13.3 % vacant. ^[7]

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 (Saint-Germain-de-la-Coudre): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Germain-de-la-Coudre): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Germain-de-la-Coudre): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-de-la-Coudre): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Germain-de-la-Coudre): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.8

Days at or below 0 °C 55.8

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PREAUX-DU-PERCHE weather station, 9.3 km away at 133 m; the village itself is at 108 m. ^[9]

An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PREAUX-DU-PERCHE, 9.3 km away at 133 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61394/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61394/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61394/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61394/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61394
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
Monthureux-sur-Saône	88	399 km E	857	60.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Trévières	14	159 km NW	925	73.7	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 50 %
Pionsat	63	289 km SE	1,042	51	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 59 %
Héricourt-en-Caux	76	158 km N	941	72.2	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 77 %
Ruynes-en-Margeride	15	416 km SE	719	68.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 36 %
Champagne-en-Valromey	01	466 km SE	831	67.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Héricourt-en-Caux	76	158 km N	941	72.2	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 77 %
Trévières	14	159 km NW	925	73.7	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 50 %
Pionsat	63	289 km SE	1,042	51	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 59 %
Monthureux-sur-Saône	88	399 km E	857	60.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 93 %
Ruynes-en-Margeride	15	416 km SE	719	68.5	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 36 %
Champagne-en-Valromey	01	466 km SE	831	67.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %

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Elsewhere

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