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Saint-Ouen-sur-Iton

Orne · CC des Pays de L'Aigle · INSEE 61440

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 33.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Ouen-sur-Iton (INSEE 61440) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Pays de L'Aigle. Population 826 (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/61440-saint-ouen-sur-iton

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 51 % of the 15,453 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 food0.422510.54
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.53105.3
Housing mix0.9154.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 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 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DELICES DE L'ITON). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DE L'ITON). [3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ST OUEN SUR ITON RP). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (A.L. COIFFURE · VERONIQUE COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LES DELICES DE L'ITONINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1BOUCHERIE DE L'ITONINSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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]
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 postale1ST OUEN SUR ITON RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2A.L. COIFFURE · VERONIQUE COIFFUREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 387 peak 2012: 923 2023: 826 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 923 (2012) → 826 (2023): -10.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 802 (1990) → 826 (2023): 3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 434, of which 4.6 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.7 km SW (Crulai)Food shop — 3.8 km SW (Crulai)Pharmacy — 4.9 km NW (Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle)GP — 5.9 km NW (L'Aigle)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.7 km SWFood shop — 3.8 km SWPharmacy — 4.9 km NWGP — 5.9 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): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Crulai): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (L'Aigle): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Ouen-sur-Iton): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [11]

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. [12]

Measured at the L AIGLE weather station, 3.5 km away at 232 m; the village itself is at 204 m. [12]

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

Humidity measured at L AIGLE, 3.5 km away at 232 m, over 28 summers. [12]

An average of 722 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at L AIGLE, 3.5 km away at 232 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61440/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61440/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61440/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61440/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61140
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61214
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61456
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61440
  12. 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
Pazayac24405 km S81136Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 64 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Amand-sur-Fion51287 km E1,01529Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Étienne-en-Bresse71396 km SE82536.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Guyans-Vennes25472 km E83849.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 8 % · humidity 100 %
Sallenôves74501 km SE84950.1Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Grosville50197 km NW80930Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Grosville50197 km NW80930Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Amand-sur-Fion51287 km E1,01529Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Étienne-en-Bresse71396 km SE82536.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
Pazayac24405 km S81136Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 64 % · humidity 29 %
Guyans-Vennes25472 km E83849.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 8 % · humidity 100 %
Sallenôves74501 km SE84950.1Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %

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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-Ouen-sur-Iton'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
Arvillers80181 km NE75928.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Thin-le-Moutier08297 km NE70239.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Élincourt-Sainte-Marguerite60178 km NE92224.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Manhac12516 km S87730.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Martainville-Épreville7692 km NE74623.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Le Parc50146 km W92136Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %