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Auvillars

Calvados · CC Terre d'Auge · INSEE 14033

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 11.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Auvillars (INSEE 14033) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Terre d'Auge. Population 238 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/14033-auvillars

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 16,971 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.84108.37
Housing mix0.351.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (SIMPLEMENT GRAZIELLA). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Hairdresser1SIMPLEMENT GRAZIELLAINSEE 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: 185 2023: 238 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 230 (2012) → 238 (2023): 3.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 178 (1990) → 238 (2023): 33.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 175, of which 34.9 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.1 km NE (Bonnebosq)GP — 1.2 km NE (Bonnebosq)Pharmacy — 1.2 km NE (Bonnebosq)Bakery — 1.3 km NE (Bonnebosq)Food shop — 1.3 km NE (Bonnebosq)
Primary school — 1.1 km NEGP — 1.2 km NEPharmacy — 1.2 km NEBakery — 1.3 km NEFood shop — 1.3 km NE 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 (Bonnebosq): 1.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bonnebosq): 1.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Bonnebosq): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Bonnebosq): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Bonnebosq): 1.1 km to the north-east (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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the CAMBREMER weather station, 6 km away at 125 m; the village itself is at 59 m. [9]

The village sits 66 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at CAMBREMER, 6 km away at 125 m, over 18 summers. [9]

That station sits 66 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]

An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at CAMBREMER, 6 km away at 125 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 — 14033/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14033/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14033/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14033/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14083
  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
Saint-Cirgues-de-Malbert15488 km S2488.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 26 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Sylvestre-de-Cormeilles2727 km E2239.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Bonnet-Elvert19470 km S23410.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 14 % · humidity 79 %
Sainte-Foy-de-Longas24478 km S2427No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 %
Neuville-sur-Touques6141 km SE2298.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Carsac-de-Gurson24473 km S23111.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Sylvestre-de-Cormeilles2727 km E2239.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Neuville-sur-Touques6141 km SE2298.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bonnet-Elvert19470 km S23410.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 14 % · humidity 79 %
Carsac-de-Gurson24473 km S23111.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Sainte-Foy-de-Longas24478 km S2427No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Cirgues-de-Malbert15488 km S2488.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 26 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Auvillars'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
Lestre50108 km W2426.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Charbonnières28129 km SE2637.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Marie-du-Bois5391 km SW2268.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Les Authieux-sur-Calonne1419 km NE27810.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Lescouët-Gouarec22268 km SW2168.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Grangues1412 km NW28814No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %