Valframbert

Orne · CU d'Alençon · INSEE 61497

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

Few services 30/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Valframbert (INSEE 61497) is in Orne (61), part of CU d'Alençon. Population 1,678 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/61497-valframbert

Vitality score

Vitality score 30/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 10,787 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.7	10	7
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (ARCHE ET PAUL · SNC LE MARAIS · BGVAL61). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE DE VALFRAMBERT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (COULEUR ET STYLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

3 × Hotel (LA MARMOTTE · HÔTEL L'AUBERGE NORMANDE · HOTEL B B ALENCON NORD). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	4	ARCHE ET PAUL · SNC LE MARAIS · BGVAL61	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	MEDIATHEQUE DE VALFRAMBERT	INSEE BPE 1 [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	COULEUR ET STYLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	3	LA MARMOTTE · HÔTEL L'AUBERGE NORMANDE · HOTEL B B ALENCON NORD	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 530 peak 2017: 1,779 2023: 1,678 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,544 (2012) → 1,678 (2023): 8.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,398 (1990) → 1,678 (2023): 20 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 697, of which 1 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.7 km SEPharmacy — 2.3 km SBakery — 2.8 km SGP — 2.8 km S 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 (Alençon): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cerisé): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Alençon): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Alençon): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Valframbert): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.7

Days at or below 0 °C 42.6

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ALENCON weather station, 2 km away at 143 m; the village itself is at 142 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ALENCON, 2 km away at 143 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ALENCON, 2 km away at 143 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 — 61497/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61497/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61497/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61497/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61001
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61077
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61497
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
Cuvat	74	531 km SE	1,665	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Esches	60	173 km NE	1,623	27.9	Few services	no figures
D'Huison-Longueville	91	163 km E	1,557	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Baguer-Pican	35	134 km W	1,756	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-des-Échaubrognes	79	176 km S	1,384	26.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 99 %
Hames-Boucres	62	296 km NE	1,439	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Baguer-Pican	35	134 km W	1,756	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
D'Huison-Longueville	91	163 km E	1,557	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Esches	60	173 km NE	1,623	27.9	Few services	no figures
Saint-Pierre-des-Échaubrognes	79	176 km S	1,384	26.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 99 %
Hames-Boucres	62	296 km NE	1,439	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Cuvat	74	531 km SE	1,665	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 28 % · 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 Valframbert'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
Baguer-Pican	35	134 km W	1,756	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Mouazé	35	129 km W	1,712	37.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Silly-le-Long	60	209 km E	1,217	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saulny	57	446 km E	1,590	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cappelle-Brouck	59	311 km NE	1,169	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Fromelles	59	310 km NE	1,161	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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