Gouffern en Auge

Orne · CC Terres d'Argentan Interco · INSEE 61474

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

Few services 32.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gouffern en Auge (INSEE 61474) is in Orne (61), part of CC Terres d'Argentan Interco. Population 3,636 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 13 former communes: Aubry-en-Exmes (61009), Avernes-sous-Exmes (61019), Le Bourg-Saint-Léonard (61057), Chambois (61083), La Cochère (61110), Courménil (61131), Exmes (61157), Fel (61161), Omméel (61315), Saint-Pierre-la-Rivière (61449), Survie (61477), Urou-et-Crennes (61496), Villebadin (61504). ^[3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 32.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 5 % of the 6,089 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	0.2	25	5.12
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.53	10	5.28
Health	0.11	10	1.11
Public & culture	0.37	5	1.87
Population trend	0.43	10	4.31
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.92

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (LA BOULANGERIE DU DONJON). ^[4,5]

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

4 × Restaurant (BAR DES SPORTS - LE RELAIS SAINT LEONARD · GENT ALISON · SPEEDFOOD · LE FLORESTAN LE FURIOSO). ^[4,5]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE CHAMBOIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

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

3 × Post office / agence postale (LE BOURG SAINT LEONARD RP · EXMES RP · CHAMBOIS AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE GOUFFERN-EN-AUGE (FEL). ^[4]

4 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE · TENDANCE SEV COIFFURE · COIFFURE DU DONJON). ^[4,5]

1 × Hotel (LE PAVILLON DE GOUFFERN). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LA BOULANGERIE DU DONJON	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EURL CHARTIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	4	BAR DES SPORTS - LE RELAIS SAINT LEONARD · GENT ALISON · SPEEDFOOD · LE FLORESTAN LE FURIOSO	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE CHAMBOIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE HOORELBEKE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	3	LE BOURG SAINT LEONARD RP · EXMES RP · CHAMBOIS AP	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE GOUFFERN-EN-AUGE (FEL	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	4	COIFFURE · TENDANCE SEV COIFFURE · COIFFURE DU DONJON	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	1	LE PAVILLON DE GOUFFERN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
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: 4,072 2023: 3,636 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,872 (2012) → 3,636 (2023): -6.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 3,907 (1990) → 3,636 (2023): -6.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,132, of which 10.8 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 4.2 km WFood shop — 5.8 km WPharmacy — 5.8 km WBakery — 6.3 km NEGP — 6.4 km W 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 (Gouffern en Auge): 6.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Argentan): 5.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Argentan): 6.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Argentan): 5.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Gouffern en Auge): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.5

Days at or below 0 °C 48

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ARGENTAN weather station, 5.9 km away at 170 m; the village itself is at 175 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ARGENTAN, 5.9 km away at 170 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 693 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ARGENTAN, 5.9 km away at 170 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 — 61474/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61474/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61474/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61474/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61474
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61006
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
Roura	973	6,941 km SW	3,449	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 %
Montsinéry-Tonnegrande	973	6,937 km SW	3,626	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 %
Rouans	44	226 km SW	3,301	40.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Corcoué-sur-Logne	44	234 km SW	3,265	37.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Saffré	44	185 km SW	4,115	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Viaud	44	228 km SW	2,929	50.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saffré	44	185 km SW	4,115	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Rouans	44	226 km SW	3,301	40.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Viaud	44	228 km SW	2,929	50.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Corcoué-sur-Logne	44	234 km SW	3,265	37.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Montsinéry-Tonnegrande	973	6,937 km SW	3,626	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 %
Roura	973	6,941 km SW	3,449	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 35 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Gouffern en Auge'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
Hénon	22	207 km W	2,310	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Tremblay-les-Villages	28	98 km E	2,206	42.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Vald'Yerre	28	107 km SE	3,609	45.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Longueville	59	322 km NE	2,057	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bourgvallées	50	94 km W	3,326	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ruminghem	62	278 km NE	1,614	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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