Saint-Gervais-du-Perron

Orne · CC des Sources de l'Orne · INSEE 61400

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 20.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Gervais-du-Perron (INSEE 61400) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Sources de l'Orne. Population 341 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 18,029 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.66	10	6.64
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (MACHADO SEIXAS DORA). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	MACHADO SEIXAS DORA	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: 227 peak 2012: 389 2023: 341 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 389 (2012) → 341 (2023): -12.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 293 (1990) → 341 (2023): 16.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 166, of which 4.2 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 5.6 km SWPharmacy — 5.6 km SWBakery — 5.7 km SWFood shop — 5.7 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 (Écouves): 5.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Écouves): 5.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Écouves): 5.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Écouves): 5.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Gervais-du-Perron): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.2

Days at or below 0 °C 49.5

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 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SEES weather station, 6.3 km away at 195 m; the village itself is at 175 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ALENCON, 10.7 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, 6 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 — 61400/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61400/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61400/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61400/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61341
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61400
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
Caixon	65	570 km S	340	18.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %
Marest-Dampcourt	02	248 km NE	341	18.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Frouville	95	161 km NE	347	19.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Brunvillers-la-Motte	60	201 km NE	335	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Dhuisy	77	227 km E	334	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Crépin	17	290 km S	340	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Frouville	95	161 km NE	347	19.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Brunvillers-la-Motte	60	201 km NE	335	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Dhuisy	77	227 km E	334	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Marest-Dampcourt	02	248 km NE	341	18.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Crépin	17	290 km S	340	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
Caixon	65	570 km S	340	18.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Saint-Gervais-du-Perron'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
Marest-Dampcourt	02	248 km NE	341	18.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Brunvillers-la-Motte	60	201 km NE	335	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sermoise	02	258 km E	340	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sailly-le-Sec	80	234 km NE	351	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lafraye	60	184 km NE	342	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Blicourt	60	179 km NE	356	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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