Charencey

Orne · CC des Hauts du Perche · INSEE 61429

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

Few services 30.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Charencey (INSEE 61429) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Hauts du Perche. Population 754 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2018-01-01 from 2 former communes: Moussonvilliers (61299), Normandel (61311). ^[3]

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/61429-charencey

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 16,012 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	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.5	10	4.96
Housing mix	0.39	5	1.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[4,5]

2 × Restaurant (TIC TAC · IN PATE CROUTE WE CRUST). ^[4,5]

2 × Café / bar (LE RELAIS SAINT MICHEL). ^[5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHARENCEY AP). ^[4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4,5]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA POSTE). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	2	TIC TAC · IN PATE CROUTE WE CRUST	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Café / bar	2	LE RELAIS SAINT MICHEL	INSEE SIRENE 2 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	CHARENCEY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 884 peak 2012: 888 2023: 754 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 888 (2012) → 754 (2023): -15.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 757 (1990) → 754 (2023): -0.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 537, of which 30.7 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Pharmacy — 4.0 km NEPrimary school — 4.1 km NEGP — 4.1 km NEFood shop — 5.9 km WBakery — 9.3 km NW 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 (Crulai): 9.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Tourouvre au Perche): 5.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Chennebrun): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Chennebrun): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Chennebrun): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.4

Days at or below 0 °C 65.7

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BEAULIEU weather station, 4.7 km away at 217 m; the village itself is at 208 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at L AIGLE, 14.1 km away at 232 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

An average of 841 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BEAULIEU, 4.7 km away at 217 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 — 61429/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61429/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61429/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61429/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61140
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61491
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27155
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
Pléboulle	22	227 km W	721	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-du-Doigt	29	333 km W	692	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 35 %
Grilly	01	478 km SE	889	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Lissac-sur-Couze	19	398 km S	705	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Sillans-la-Cascade	83	702 km SE	787	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Longevilles-Mont-d'Or	25	466 km SE	625	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pléboulle	22	227 km W	721	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-du-Doigt	29	333 km W	692	32.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 35 %
Lissac-sur-Couze	19	398 km S	705	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Longevilles-Mont-d'Or	25	466 km SE	625	36.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Grilly	01	478 km SE	889	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Sillans-la-Cascade	83	702 km SE	787	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Charencey'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
Luttenbach-près-Munster	68	475 km E	756	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Le Poizat-Lalleyriat	01	465 km SE	732	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-le-Chastel	63	354 km SE	450	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Manou	28	22 km SE	608	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Occagnes	61	63 km W	671	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-Simon	28	25 km SE	888	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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