Tanques

Orne · CC Terres d'Argentan Interco · INSEE 61479

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Tanques (INSEE 61479) is in Orne (61), part of CC Terres d'Argentan Interco. Population 157 (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 10.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 14,453 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.41	10	4.08
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 125 peak 1990: 173 2023: 157 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 161 (2012) → 157 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 173 (1990) → 157 (2023): -9.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 77, of which 2.6 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 4.3 km NEGP — 4.5 km NWPharmacy — 4.7 km SFood shop — 4.8 km SBakery — 5.0 km N 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 (Monts-sur-Orne): 5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Boucé): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Écouché-les-Vallées): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Boucé): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sarceaux): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the ARGENTAN weather station, 7.1 km away at 170 m; the village itself is at 165 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ARGENTAN, 7.1 km away at 170 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 761 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at TANQUES, 1.5 km away at 171 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61479/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61479/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61479/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61479/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61055
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61153
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61462
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
Casteide-Doat	64	591 km S	159	14.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 21 %
Jussas	17	379 km S	155	17.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 85 %
Abère	64	589 km S	156	14.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 36 %
Prunet	31	586 km S	153	15.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Marmont-Pachas	47	514 km S	157	17.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Cordey	14	22 km NW	154	12.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cordey	14	22 km NW	154	12.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Jussas	17	379 km S	155	17.3	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 85 %
Marmont-Pachas	47	514 km S	157	17.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Prunet	31	586 km S	153	15.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Abère	64	589 km S	156	14.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 36 %
Casteide-Doat	64	591 km S	159	14.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Tanques'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
Écuélin	59	333 km NE	145	13.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Bosse	72	73 km SE	155	12.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Foreste	02	262 km NE	166	11.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Épeautrolles	28	111 km E	165	14.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Olizy	51	285 km E	148	13.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Hénu	62	249 km NE	147	11.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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