Baron-sur-Odon
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 23.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Baron-sur-Odon (INSEE 14042) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Vallées de l'Orne et de l'Odon. Population 1,154 (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/14042-baron-sur-odon
Vitality score
Vitality score 23.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 10 % of the 13,465 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.91 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 [3,4] | |
| 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 840 (2012) → 1,154 (2023): 37.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 616 (1990) → 1,154 (2023): 87.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 464, of which 0.9 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Mouen): 1.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Tourville-sur-Odon): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Fontaine-Étoupefour): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Fontaine-Étoupefour): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Baron-sur-Odon): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [12]
Measured at the CAEN-CARPIQUET weather station, 5.5 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 79 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 5.5 km away at 67 m, over 30 summers. [12]
An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 5.5 km away at 67 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
What property sold for
67 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 269,900 € — 2,263 € per m² of built surface. [13]
The median across Calvados is 2,026 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [13]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14042/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14042/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14042/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14042/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14454
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14707
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14274
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14042
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambronne-lès-Clermont | 60 | 210 km E | 1,146 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 % |
| Isles-lès-Villenoy | 77 | 242 km E | 1,129 | 23 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 % |
| Péronne-en-Mélantois | 59 | 306 km NE | 1,025 | 23.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Monceaux | 60 | 221 km E | 947 | 26.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Ageux | 60 | 225 km E | 1,153 | 28.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Malintrat | 63 | 460 km SE | 1,151 | 24.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambronne-lès-Clermont | 60 | 210 km E | 1,146 | 18.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 % |
| Monceaux | 60 | 221 km E | 947 | 26.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Ageux | 60 | 225 km E | 1,153 | 28.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Isles-lès-Villenoy | 77 | 242 km E | 1,129 | 23 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 % |
| Péronne-en-Mélantois | 59 | 306 km NE | 1,025 | 23.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Malintrat | 63 | 460 km SE | 1,151 | 24.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 65 % · 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 Baron-sur-Odon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Péronne-en-Mélantois | 59 | 306 km NE | 1,025 | 23.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-du-Manoir | 76 | 68 km NE | 1,555 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lozinghem | 62 | 263 km NE | 1,256 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Grentheville | 14 | 14 km E | 1,025 | 18.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chemy | 59 | 294 km NE | 766 | 22.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Trinité-du-Mont | 76 | 88 km NE | 951 | 24.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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