Argences

Calvados · CC Val ès Dunes · INSEE 14020

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 57.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Argences (INSEE 14020) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Val ès Dunes. Population 3,959 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/14020-argences

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 5,687 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	0.44	25	10.95
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.52	10	5.24
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.8	10	7.99
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DOUCEUR CARAMEL · LA TALEMIERE D'ARGENCES). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (FP TRAITEUR · LE BILLOT ARGENCAIS). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DESTOCKALIM · VALAU · PROXI). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (DISTRIARG). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (MENDES PEREIRA MARIA MARGARIDA · ALEXANDRE YANNICK / MON LABO A PIZZA · VIETFOOD · CHEZ NICO). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE TURFISTE · AU BON ACCUEIL · LE YEARLING). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DOCTEUR DERRIEN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE STE MARIE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN CASTEL). ^[3]

7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (GAELLE PAIN, MÉDECIN · THIBAULT DOXAT, MÉDECIN · ALAIN DECOUTERE, MÉDECIN · AGATHE CARPENTIER, MÉDECIN · JUDITH LOEB-MANSOUR, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DECOUTERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DES COTEAUX · GYMNASE DES MARRONNIERS). ^[3]

5 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CRED AGRIC MUT DE ARGENCES · CAISSE EPARGNE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL D'ARGENCES · SOCIETE GENERALE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE NORMANDIE). ^[3]

9 × Hairdresser (AC'TIFS · COTE SALON). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	DOUCEUR CARAMEL · LA TALEMIERE D'ARGENCES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	FP TRAITEUR · LE BILLOT ARGENCAIS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	DESTOCKALIM · VALAU · PROXI	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	DISTRIARG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant	8	MENDES PEREIRA MARIA MARGARIDA · ALEXANDRE YANNICK / MON LABO A PIZZA · VIETFOOD · CHEZ NICO	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LE TURFISTE · AU BON ACCUEIL · LE YEARLING	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DOCTEUR DERRIEN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE STE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JEAN CASTEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	7	GAELLE PAIN, MÉDECIN · THIBAULT DOXAT, MÉDECIN · ALAIN DECOUTERE, MÉDECIN · AGATHE CARPENTIER, MÉDECIN · JUDITH LOEB-MANSOUR, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 7 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DECOUTERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	GYMNASE DES COTEAUX · GYMNASE DES MARRONNIERS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	5	CAISSE LOCALE CRED AGRIC MUT DE ARGENCES · CAISSE EPARGNE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL D'ARGENCES · SOCIETE GENERALE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE NORMANDIE	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Hairdresser	9	AC'TIFS · COTE SALON	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,802 2023: 3,959 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,596 (2012) → 3,959 (2023): 10.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,048 (1990) → 3,959 (2023): 29.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,776, of which 0.8 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Argences): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Argences): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Argences): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Argences): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Argences): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.7

Days at or below 0 °C 39.1

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ARGENCES weather station, 1.7 km away at 53 m; the village itself is at 16 m. ^[9]

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

Humidity measured at ST SYLVAIN_SAPC, 9 km away at 62 m, over 14 summers. ^[9]

An average of 743 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ARGENCES, 1.7 km away at 53 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14020/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14020/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14020/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14020/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14020
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
Avesnes-sur-Helpe	59	315 km E	4,012	53.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vallier	26	578 km SE	4,027	59	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Ganges	34	649 km SE	3,724	62.3	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 91 %
Davézieux	07	566 km SE	3,205	69.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Le Plessis-Belleville	60	213 km E	4,009	59	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Tosse	40	611 km S	3,556	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Plessis-Belleville	60	213 km E	4,009	59	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Avesnes-sur-Helpe	59	315 km E	4,012	53.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Davézieux	07	566 km SE	3,205	69.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Vallier	26	578 km SE	4,027	59	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Tosse	40	611 km S	3,556	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 %
Ganges	34	649 km SE	3,724	62.3	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 91 %

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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 Argences'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
Guînes	62	242 km NE	5,479	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Ham	80	244 km E	4,378	53.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Avesnes-les-Aubert	59	281 km NE	3,562	49.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Corps-Nuds	35	165 km SW	3,567	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Pleumeleuc	35	166 km SW	3,543	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Desvres	62	223 km NE	4,829	62.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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