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Villiers-sous-Mortagne

Orne · CC du Pays de Mortagne-au-Perche · INSEE 61507

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

Few services 21.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villiers-sous-Mortagne (INSEE 61507) is in Orne (61), part of CC du Pays de Mortagne-au-Perche. Population 235 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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/61507-villiers-sous-mortagne

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 16,924 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.632012.64
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.26102.61
Housing mix0.6253.1

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 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 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE VIEUX FOUR). [4]

1 × Hairdresser (REFLET D AMBRE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar1LE VIEUX FOURINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1REFLET D AMBREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 297 peak 2012: 325 2023: 235 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 325 (2012) → 235 (2023): -27.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 309 (1990) → 235 (2023): -23.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 163, of which 19 % second homes and 9.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 3.4 km SW (Mortagne-au-Perche)Bakery — 3.9 km SW (Mortagne-au-Perche)Food shop — 3.9 km SW (Mortagne-au-Perche)Primary school — 4.0 km SW (Mortagne-au-Perche)Pharmacy — 4.0 km SW (Mortagne-au-Perche)
GP — 3.4 km SWBakery — 3.9 km SWFood shop — 3.9 km SWPrimary school — 4.0 km SWPharmacy — 4.0 km SW 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 (Mortagne-au-Perche): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Mortagne-au-Perche): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Mortagne-au-Perche): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Mortagne-au-Perche): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Mortagne-au-Perche): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the MORTAGNE - PARC weather station, 4 km away at 220 m; the village itself is at 224 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at ST-HILAIRE, 5 km away at 242 m, over 21 summers. [9]

An average of 797 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at MORTAGNE - PARC, 4 km away at 220 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61507/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61507/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61507/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61507/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61293
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Autet70395 km E26923.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Durfort81578 km S25823.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 %
Leschères39456 km SE19230.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 14 % · humidity 93 %
Audrix24408 km S28730.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
La Truchère71397 km SE20026.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Bragelogne-Beauvoir10279 km E21722.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bragelogne-Beauvoir10279 km E21722.5Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Autet70395 km E26923.1Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
La Truchère71397 km SE20026.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Audrix24408 km S28730.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
Leschères39456 km SE19230.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 14 % · humidity 93 %
Durfort81578 km S25823.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Villiers-sous-Mortagne'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Courtacon77199 km E24531.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Fépin08342 km NE23318.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Roquette2796 km NE23318.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Zittersheim67497 km E23218.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Chenay51258 km E22123.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bernay-en-Ponthieu80210 km NE24022.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %