Banville

Calvados · CC Seulles Terre et Mer · INSEE 14038

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

Few services 22.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Banville (INSEE 14038) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Seulles Terre et Mer. Population 797 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/14038-banville

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 15,678 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.18

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L ATELIER DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (L'ATELIER DU MAKRO). ^[3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LA GENTILHOMMIERE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: 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

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L ATELIER DU PAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	L'ATELIER DU MAKRO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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		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	1	LA GENTILHOMMIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 382 2023: 797 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 684 (2012) → 797 (2023): 16.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 514 (1990) → 797 (2023): 55.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 376, of which 8.2 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 0.7 km EPrimary school — 2.4 km NEFood shop — 2.8 km EPharmacy — 3.2 km NEGP — 3.3 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 (Banville): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Courseulles-sur-Mer): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Courseulles-sur-Mer): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Courseulles-sur-Mer): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Graye-sur-Mer): 2.4 km to the north-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, 5 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 41 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BERNIERES, 5 km away at 2 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 696 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BERNIERES, 5 km away at 2 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 — 14038/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14038/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14038/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14038/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14038
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14191
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14318
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
Esclavolles-Lurey	51	315 km E	647	20.9	Few services	no figures
Frotey-lès-Lure	70	551 km E	689	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Épenoy	25	563 km SE	649	23.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 %
Gunsbach	68	580 km E	856	27	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Buxeuil	86	274 km S	887	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Steinbrunn-le-Bas	68	607 km E	848	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Buxeuil	86	274 km S	887	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Esclavolles-Lurey	51	315 km E	647	20.9	Few services	no figures
Frotey-lès-Lure	70	551 km E	689	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Épenoy	25	563 km SE	649	23.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 %
Gunsbach	68	580 km E	856	27	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Steinbrunn-le-Bas	68	607 km E	848	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 34 % · 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 Banville'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
Gruchet-Saint-Siméon	76	115 km NE	682	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Basly	14	6.1 km SE	1,029	26	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Bény-sur-Mer	14	4.8 km SE	467	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Trégarantec	29	291 km W	634	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-du-Bec	76	60 km NE	650	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Oust-Marest	80	162 km NE	608	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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