Saint-Hilaire-sur-Erre

Orne · CC des Collines du Perche Normand · INSEE 61405

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

Few services 25.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Hilaire-sur-Erre (INSEE 61405) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Collines du Perche Normand. Population 484 (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 25.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 17,855 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.55	10	5.52
Housing mix	0.68	5	3.39

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 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES GALETTES D'ADELE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE ET TERRAIN DE PETANQUE). ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	LES GALETTES D'ADELE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	GYMNASE ET TERRAIN DE PETANQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 377 peak 2007: 592 2023: 484 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 549 (2012) → 484 (2023): -11.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 460 (1990) → 484 (2023): 5.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 280, of which 16.1 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.3 km NWFood shop — 3.7 km NGP — 3.7 km NPharmacy — 3.7 km N 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 (Perche en Nocé): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Berd'huis): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Berd'huis): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Berd'huis): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Hilaire-sur-Erre): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the PREAUX-DU-PERCHE weather station, 2.9 km away at 133 m; the village itself is at 129 m. ^[11]

An average of 756 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PREAUX-DU-PERCHE, 2.9 km away at 133 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61405/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61405/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61405/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61405/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61309
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61043
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61405
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
Martainville	27	113 km N	498	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
Villers-en-Arthies	95	113 km NE	498	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 80 %
Lixy	89	175 km E	480	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 96 %
Rueil-la-Gadelière	28	48 km N	465	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 89 %
Remoray-Boujeons	25	447 km E	466	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 0 %
Ormes	71	368 km SE	507	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rueil-la-Gadelière	28	48 km N	465	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 89 %
Villers-en-Arthies	95	113 km NE	498	29.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 80 %
Martainville	27	113 km N	498	30.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
Lixy	89	175 km E	480	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 96 %
Ormes	71	368 km SE	507	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 86 %
Remoray-Boujeons	25	447 km E	466	33.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 0 %

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