Torchamp

Orne · CC Andaine - Passais · INSEE 61487

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

Few services 24.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Torchamp (INSEE 61487) is in Orne (61), part of CC Andaine - Passais. Population 291 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/61487-torchamp

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 17,748 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.38	10	3.79
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.21

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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”.

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SCI CHEL). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	1	SCI CHEL	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	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 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: 413 2023: 291 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 294 (2012) → 291 (2023): -1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 331 (1990) → 291 (2023): -12.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 190, of which 17.9 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Food shop — 2.7 km NWPrimary school — 3.1 km NWPharmacy — 5.4 km SWGP — 6.3 km NE 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 (Torchamp): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Mars-d'Égrenne): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Domfront en Poiraie): 6.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Passais Villages): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Mars-d'Égrenne): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.9

Days at or below 0 °C 40.1

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-FRAIMBAULT weather station, 4.7 km away at 158 m; the village itself is at 118 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at ST-FRAIMBAULT, 4.7 km away at 158 m, over 25 summers. ^[12]

An average of 841 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-FRAIMBAULT, 4.7 km away at 158 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 — 61487/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61487/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61487/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61487/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61487
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61421
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61145
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61324
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
Saint-Michel	82	518 km S	261	27.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 %
Monplaisant	24	437 km S	265	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Astugue	65	609 km S	263	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rémy-de-Blot	63	388 km SE	251	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 14 % · humidity 100 %
Ostabat-Asme	64	589 km S	226	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 29 %
Ventenac	09	644 km S	234	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Rémy-de-Blot	63	388 km SE	251	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 14 % · humidity 100 %
Monplaisant	24	437 km S	265	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Michel	82	518 km S	261	27.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 %
Ostabat-Asme	64	589 km S	226	23.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 91 % · humidity 29 %
Astugue	65	609 km S	263	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Ventenac	09	644 km S	234	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Torchamp'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
Sortosville-en-Beaumont	50	123 km NW	297	16.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jouin-de-Blavou	61	87 km E	311	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Cuves	50	36 km NW	256	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Aunou-sur-Orne	61	68 km E	283	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets	61	27 km N	322	18.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Victor-d'Épine	27	121 km NE	335	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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