La Selle-la-Forge

Orne · CA Flers Agglo · INSEE 61466

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

Few services 29.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Selle-la-Forge (INSEE 61466) is in Orne (61), part of CA Flers Agglo. Population 1,390 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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 29.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 12,148 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.55	10	5.45
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ASLI SIMIT). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (SN SNACK). ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	1	ASLI SIMIT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	SN SNACK	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 929 peak 2017: 1,466 2023: 1,390 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,401 (2012) → 1,390 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,330 (1990) → 1,390 (2023): 4.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 652, of which 2 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.2 km NWFood shop — 1.3 km NGP — 2.1 km NWPharmacy — 2.3 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 (La Selle-la-Forge): 1.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Flers): 1.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Flers): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Flers): 2.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Selle-la-Forge): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.8

Days at or below 0 °C 53.9

Muggy days a summer 0.6

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 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FLERS weather station, 4 km away at 195 m; the village itself is at 211 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at FLERS, 4 km away at 195 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,013 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MESSEI, 2.9 km away at 215 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 — 61466/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61466/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61466/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61466/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61466
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61169
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
Montcy-Notre-Dame	08	401 km E	1,535	40	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Chalifert	77	243 km E	1,584	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bouleurs	77	253 km E	1,743	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Magny-Vernois	70	533 km E	1,372	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Bainville-sur-Madon	54	487 km E	1,441	37.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon	42	518 km SE	1,352	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chalifert	77	243 km E	1,584	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bouleurs	77	253 km E	1,743	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Montcy-Notre-Dame	08	401 km E	1,535	40	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Bainville-sur-Madon	54	487 km E	1,441	37.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon	42	518 km SE	1,352	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Magny-Vernois	70	533 km E	1,372	28.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %

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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 La Selle-la-Forge'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
Villers-Écalles	76	139 km NE	1,698	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Marin	74	591 km SE	1,940	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Senier-sous-Avranches	50	59 km W	1,451	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bernardswiller	67	589 km E	1,473	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pavace	72	94 km SE	2,007	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Mogneville	60	229 km E	1,487	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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