Les Monts d'Andaine

Identity

Les Monts d'Andaine (INSEE 61463) is in Orne (61), part of CA Flers Agglo. Population 1,684 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Saint-Maurice-du-Désert (61428). ^[3]

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/61463-les-monts-d-andaine

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 10,763 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

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU CROISSANT DE LUNE). ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CARRE). ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (RELAIS DE LA POSTE). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (LE SILVAGERIEN). ^[5]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE BOURBAN). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MIGUEL ANGEL ASTUDILLO-RAMIREZ, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA SAUVAGERE RP). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (L'ESPACE A TIFS). ^[4,5]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,729 (2012) → 1,684 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,365 (1990) → 1,684 (2023): 23.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 881, of which 5.9 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Les Monts d'Andaine): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Les Monts d'Andaine): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Monts d'Andaine): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Ferté Macé): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Les Monts d'Andaine): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BRIOUZE weather station, 9.1 km away at 215 m; the village itself is at 266 m. ^[11]

The village sits 51 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]

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

Humidity measured at FLERS, 18.9 km away at 195 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 71 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 939 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COULONCHE -LA-, 3.8 km away at 309 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 — 61463/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61463/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61463/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61463/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61463
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61168
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024