Saint-Nicolas-de-Sommaire

Orne · CC des Pays de L'Aigle · INSEE 61435

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

Few services 20/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Nicolas-de-Sommaire (INSEE 61435) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Pays de L'Aigle. Population 261 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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 20/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 17,386 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.68	10	6.81
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	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	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0	INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	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 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: 219 peak 1999: 270 2023: 261 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 267 (2012) → 261 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 221 (1990) → 261 (2023): 18.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 149, of which 11.4 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.2 km SWFood shop — 4.6 km SBakery — 5.2 km NGP — 5.2 km SPharmacy — 5.5 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 (La Ferté-en-Ouche): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (L'Aigle): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (L'Aigle): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (L'Aigle): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Symphorien-des-Bruyères): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.4

Days at or below 0 °C 55.6

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COUVAINS weather station, 4.4 km away at 249 m; the village itself is at 250 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at L AIGLE, 7.1 km away at 232 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 796 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COUVAINS, 4.4 km away at 249 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 — 61435/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61435/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61435/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61435/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61167
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61214
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61457
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
Torxé	17	331 km S	258	21	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Issepts	46	471 km S	266	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Georges	82	517 km S	273	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Puysserampion	47	469 km S	265	17.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Rouperroux-le-Coquet	72	67 km S	266	18.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 92 %
Gazaupouy	32	534 km S	252	16.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 21 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rouperroux-le-Coquet	72	67 km S	266	18.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 92 %
Torxé	17	331 km S	258	21	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Puysserampion	47	469 km S	265	17.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Issepts	46	471 km S	266	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Georges	82	517 km S	273	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Gazaupouy	32	534 km S	252	16.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 21 %

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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-Nicolas-de-Sommaire'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
Moncy	61	95 km W	261	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Aunou-sur-Orne	61	36 km SW	283	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Escames	60	120 km NE	226	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nicolas-des-Bois	61	56 km SW	285	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Le Thil-Riberpré	76	116 km NE	241	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Cuves	50	126 km W	256	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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