Authie

Calvados · CU Caen la Mer · INSEE 14030

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

Few services 31.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Authie (INSEE 14030) is in Calvados (14), part of CU Caen la Mer. Population 1,707 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/14030-authie

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 10,684 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	0.13	25	3.28
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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ALTHA). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (STIL'LING). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Restaurant, 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]
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		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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	1	L'ALTHA	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	STIL'LING	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 514 2023: 1,707 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,487 (2012) → 1,707 (2023): 14.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 780 (1990) → 1,707 (2023): 118.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 728, of which 0.7 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 1.6 km NEGP — 1.6 km NEPharmacy — 2.0 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 (Saint-Contest): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Authie): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Contest): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Authie): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.6

Days at or below 0 °C 28.1

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CAEN-CARPIQUET weather station, 3.4 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 64 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 3.4 km away at 67 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 3.4 km away at 67 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 — 14030/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14030/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14030/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14030/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14566
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14030
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14587
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
Wannehain	59	305 km NE	1,338	28	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Breux-Jouy	91	202 km E	1,285	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-sur-Orne	14	11 km S	1,664	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Écaillon	59	291 km NE	1,869	40.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-du-Manoir	76	61 km NE	1,555	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Harly	02	280 km E	1,569	36.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-André-sur-Orne	14	11 km S	1,664	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-du-Manoir	76	61 km NE	1,555	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Breux-Jouy	91	202 km E	1,285	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Harly	02	280 km E	1,569	36.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Écaillon	59	291 km NE	1,869	40.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Wannehain	59	305 km NE	1,338	28	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Authie'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
Saint-André-sur-Orne	14	11 km S	1,664	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-du-Manoir	76	61 km NE	1,555	16.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Beaucé	35	110 km SW	1,256	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Rogerville	76	60 km NE	1,734	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Labeuvrière	62	260 km NE	1,648	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Vendeville	59	294 km NE	1,654	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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