Asnelles

Calvados · CC Seulles Terre et Mer · INSEE 14022

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

Few services 37.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Asnelles (INSEE 14022) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Seulles Terre et Mer. Population 642 (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/14022-asnelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 72 % of the 16,773 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.84	10	8.43
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES SABLES D'ASNELLES). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (FTJ). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (WELL · MG). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ASNELLES AP). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAGE D ASNELLES POSTE DE SECOURS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (GOLD BEACH HOTEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LES SABLES D'ASNELLES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	1	FTJ	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	WELL · MG	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [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	1	ASNELLES AP	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	1	PLAGE D ASNELLES POSTE DE SECOURS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1	GOLD BEACH HOTEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 267 2023: 642 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 589 (2012) → 642 (2023): 9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 478 (1990) → 642 (2023): 34.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,018, of which 66.1 % second homes and 1.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop GP — 2.8 km WPrimary school — 4.4 km EPharmacy — 5.1 km E 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 (Asnelles): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Asnelles): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Arromanches-les-Bains): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ver-sur-Mer): 5.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ver-sur-Mer): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 18.5▸

Muggy days a summer 1

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BERNIERES weather station, 11.3 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 6 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BERNIERES, 11.3 km away at 2 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 835 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT VIGOR, 10.3 km away at 33 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14022/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14022/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14022/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14022/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14022
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14021
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14739
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
Hermé	77	303 km E	647	34	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Le Biot	74	638 km SE	633	41	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Primelin	29	330 km SW	650	23.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Corbara	2B	1,046 km SE	962	52.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 %
Plévenon	22	148 km SW	750	34.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Regnéville-sur-Mer	50	78 km SW	730	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Regnéville-sur-Mer	50	78 km SW	730	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Plévenon	22	148 km SW	750	34.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Hermé	77	303 km E	647	34	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Primelin	29	330 km SW	650	23.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Le Biot	74	638 km SE	633	41	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Corbara	2B	1,046 km SE	962	52.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Asnelles'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
Regnéville-sur-Mer	50	78 km SW	730	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Gréolières	06	843 km SE	631	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Nic	29	299 km SW	753	46.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Carolles	50	96 km SW	774	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Audinghen	62	230 km NE	617	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Benerville-sur-Mer	14	45 km E	367	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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