Saint-Symphorien-des-Bruyères

Orne · CC des Pays de L'Aigle · INSEE 61457

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

Few services 24.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Symphorien-des-Bruyères (INSEE 61457) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Pays de L'Aigle. Population 494 (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 24.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 17,795 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.48	10	4.8
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (L'ART DE PL'HAIR · STEPH COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	L'ART DE PL'HAIR · STEPH COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 345 peak 2012: 509 2023: 494 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 509 (2012) → 494 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 504 (1990) → 494 (2023): -2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 274, of which 12.4 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.0 km SEGP — 3.7 km SEBakery — 4.0 km SEPharmacy — 4.0 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 (L'Aigle): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (L'Aigle): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (L'Aigle): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Rai): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Symphorien-des-Bruyères): 0.1 km to the north-east (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, 6.2 km away at 249 m; the village itself is at 274 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at L AIGLE, 6.8 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, 6.2 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 — 61457/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61457/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61457/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61457/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61214
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61342
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
Uxeau	71	349 km SE	486	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Coulonche	61	78 km W	497	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Rémy	24	428 km S	503	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 36 %
Montromant	69	454 km SE	456	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Blandouet-Saint Jean	53	110 km SW	554	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Domezain-Berraute	64	619 km S	473	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 68 % · humidity 7 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Coulonche	61	78 km W	497	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Blandouet-Saint Jean	53	110 km SW	554	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Uxeau	71	349 km SE	486	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rémy	24	428 km S	503	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 85 % · humidity 36 %
Montromant	69	454 km SE	456	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Domezain-Berraute	64	619 km S	473	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 68 % · humidity 7 %

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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-Symphorien-des-Bruyères'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
La Coulonche	61	78 km W	497	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Blandouet-Saint Jean	53	110 km SW	554	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Floyon	59	277 km NE	505	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Boissy-Lamberville	27	42 km N	385	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Taussac	12	467 km S	504	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Montboucher	23	326 km S	372	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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