Sap-en-Auge

Orne · CC des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault · INSEE 61460

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

Partly served 55.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sap-en-Auge (INSEE 61460) is in Orne (61), part of CC des Vallées d'Auge et du Merlerault. Population 926 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Orville (61320). ^[3]

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 55.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 14,805 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.79	10	7.91
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.44	10	4.38
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DELICES DU SAP). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCIMARKET). ^[4,5]

3 × Restaurant (LES GLYCINES · LA LIC'ORNE). ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RAYMOND QUENEAU). ^[4]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GHISLAINE GIGOT, MÉDECIN · CHARLES-ALEXANDRE HUSSET, MÉDECIN · JENNYFER BRETON, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CARPENTIER). ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE SAP LPAI AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (PÔLE DU SAP). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (RUEL JASMINE). ^[4,5]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	AUX DELICES DU SAP	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COCCIMARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	LES GLYCINES · LA LIC'ORNE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RAYMOND QUENEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	GHISLAINE GIGOT, MÉDECIN · CHARLES-ALEXANDRE HUSSET, MÉDECIN · JENNYFER BRETON, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE CARPENTIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LE SAP LPAI AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	PÔLE DU SAP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	RUEL JASMINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,139 2023: 926 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,016 (2012) → 926 (2023): -8.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 987 (1990) → 926 (2023): -6.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 554, of which 11.9 % second homes and 18.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Sap-en-Auge): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Sap-en-Auge): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sap-en-Auge): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sap-en-Auge): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sap-en-Auge): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.2

Days at or below 0 °C 38.3

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the TICHEVILLE_SAPC weather station, 7.1 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 229 m. ^[10]

An average of 837 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAP - LE-, 1.4 km away at 240 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61460/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61460/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61460/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61460/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61460
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
Cologne	32	577 km S	947	59.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 81 %
Meaulne-Vitray	03	307 km SE	906	49	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 61 %
Le Grand-Pressigny	37	222 km S	872	49.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
Pezou	41	129 km SE	1,101	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 76 %
Wassigny	02	267 km NE	927	50	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 66 %
Vianne	47	522 km S	979	50.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pezou	41	129 km SE	1,101	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 76 %
Le Grand-Pressigny	37	222 km S	872	49.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 97 %
Wassigny	02	267 km NE	927	50	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 66 %
Meaulne-Vitray	03	307 km SE	906	49	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 61 %
Vianne	47	522 km S	979	50.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 100 %
Cologne	32	577 km S	947	59.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 8 % · winter 81 %

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