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Saint-Martin-d'Écublei

Orne · CC des Pays de L'Aigle · INSEE 61423

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

Few services 21.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Martin-d'Écublei (INSEE 61423) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Pays de L'Aigle. Population 625 (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/61423-saint-martin-d-ecublei

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 16,866 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.74107.38
Housing mix0.8454.21

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

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 328 peak 2017: 651 2023: 625 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 621 (2012) → 625 (2023): 0.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 505 (1990) → 625 (2023): 23.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 304, of which 7.9 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.7 km NE (Rugles)GP — 4.1 km NE (Rugles)Bakery — 4.2 km SW (Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle)Pharmacy — 4.2 km SW (Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.7 km NEGP — 4.1 km NEBakery — 4.2 km SWPharmacy — 4.2 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 (Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Rugles): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Rugles): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Martin-d'Écublei): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the L AIGLE weather station, 3.7 km away at 232 m; the village itself is at 214 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at L AIGLE, 3.7 km away at 232 m, over 28 summers. [11]

An average of 722 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at L AIGLE, 3.7 km away at 232 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61423/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61423/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61423/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61423/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61456
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27502
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61423
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Brestot2763 km N62824Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %
Grazay53102 km SW62922.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurs79269 km S61522.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Marolles60182 km E64118.7No daily shopsno figures
Vaunaveys-la-Rochette26557 km SE62522.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Caorches-Saint-Nicolas2733 km N60118.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Caorches-Saint-Nicolas2733 km N60118.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Brestot2763 km N62824Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 91 %
Grazay53102 km SW62922.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Marolles60182 km E64118.7No daily shopsno figures
Saint-Laurs79269 km S61522.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Vaunaveys-la-Rochette26557 km SE62522.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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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-Martin-d'Écublei'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Caorches-Saint-Nicolas2733 km N60118.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Lommoye7865 km E63924Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Mézières-en-Vexin2774 km NE60718.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Haravilliers95109 km NE58923.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Banvou6191 km W63023.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Boissy-Mauvoisin7869 km E61522.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %