Ablon

Calvados · CC du Pays de Honfleur-Beuzeville · INSEE 14001

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

Few services 23/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ablon (INSEE 14001) is in Calvados (14), part of CC du Pays de Honfleur-Beuzeville. Population 1,166 (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/14001-ablon

Vitality score

Vitality score 23/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 13,389 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.74	10	7.4
Housing mix	0.66	5	3.31

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 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (ABLON RP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (BUHOT KARINE VALERIE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	ABLON RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BUHOT KARINE VALERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 866 peak 2012: 1,204 2023: 1,166 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,204 (2012) → 1,166 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 940 (1990) → 1,166 (2023): 24 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 650, of which 16.9 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.4 km NWFood shop — 2.5 km NWGP — 2.6 km NWPharmacy — 2.6 km NW 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 (La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ablon): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 30.3

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

Measured at the ST GATIEN DES B weather station, 9.9 km away at 139 m; the village itself is at 105 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST GATIEN DES B, 9.9 km away at 139 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 914 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST GATIEN DES B, 9.9 km away at 139 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14001/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14001/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14001/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14001/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14536
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14001
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
Lugos	33	553 km S	1,208	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Arcambal	46	557 km S	1,004	26.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Villemaréchal	77	226 km SE	1,055	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Chançay	37	220 km S	1,122	27.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Montaigut-le-Blanc	63	473 km SE	927	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Lubin-de-la-Haye	28	113 km SE	937	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Lubin-de-la-Haye	28	113 km SE	937	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Chançay	37	220 km S	1,122	27.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Villemaréchal	77	226 km SE	1,055	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Montaigut-le-Blanc	63	473 km SE	927	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Lugos	33	553 km S	1,208	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Arcambal	46	557 km S	1,004	26.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Ablon'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
Yvignac-la-Tour	22	215 km SW	1,135	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Confort-Meilars	29	377 km W	861	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Conteville	27	7.8 km E	1,038	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Boulleville	27	7.4 km E	1,236	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie	85	334 km SW	1,234	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Yvetot-Bocage	50	131 km W	1,212	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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