Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel

Orne · CC du Pays de Mortagne-au-Perche · INSEE 61404

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

Few services 29.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel (INSEE 61404) is in Orne (61), part of CC du Pays de Mortagne-au-Perche. Population 667 (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 29.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 16,643 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.67	10	6.72
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (MC DONALD'S · LES PRES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (ANDREA.B). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL LES PRÉS). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	2	MC DONALD'S · LES PRES	INSEE BPE 2 / 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)	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	ANDREA.B	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL LES PRÉS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 505 peak 2007: 690 2023: 667 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 677 (2012) → 667 (2023): -1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 569 (1990) → 667 (2023): 17.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 337, of which 12.5 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.0 km SBakery — 4.1 km WPharmacy — 4.4 km WGP — 4.7 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 (Bazoches-sur-Hoëne): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Langis-lès-Mortagne): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mortagne-au-Perche): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bazoches-sur-Hoëne): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.1

Days at or below 0 °C 35.3

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE weather station, 0.8 km away at 242 m; the village itself is at 195 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE, 0.8 km away at 242 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

An average of 741 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-HILAIRE, 0.8 km away at 242 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61404/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61404/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61404/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61404/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61029
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61414
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61293
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61404
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
Massignieu-de-Rives	01	504 km SE	650	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Bragny-sur-Saône	71	384 km SE	667	30	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Rosnay	85	264 km SW	672	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Avaray	41	121 km SE	672	29	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 81 %
Taller	40	536 km S	693	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 %
Ceaulmont	36	239 km S	670	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Avaray	41	121 km SE	672	29	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 81 %
Ceaulmont	36	239 km S	670	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Rosnay	85	264 km SW	672	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bragny-sur-Saône	71	384 km SE	667	30	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Massignieu-de-Rives	01	504 km SE	650	31.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Taller	40	536 km S	693	31.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 %

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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-Hilaire-le-Châtel'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
Muneville-le-Bingard	50	160 km NW	725	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Juilley	50	138 km W	691	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Auvers	50	158 km NW	683	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Étréville	27	90 km N	651	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villequier-Aumont	02	230 km NE	684	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Calotterie	62	230 km N	582	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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