Saint-Pierre-la-Bruyère

Identity

Saint-Pierre-la-Bruyère (INSEE 61448) is in Orne (61), part of CC Coeur du Perche. Population 423 (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/61448-saint-pierre-la-bruyere

Vitality score

Vitality score 9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 2 % of the 17,939 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.

Services

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 437 (2012) → 423 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 474 (1990) → 423 (2023): -10.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 224, of which 12.5 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sablons sur Huisne): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nogent-le-Rotrou): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Nogent-le-Rotrou): 4.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Nogent-le-Rotrou): 4.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Arcisses): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 12 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, 8.2 km away at 133 m; the village itself is at 187 m. ^[11]

The village sits 54 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[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, 8.2 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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61448/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61448/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61448/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61448/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61116
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28280
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 28236
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024