Bayeux
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 66.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bayeux (INSEE 14047) is in Calvados (14), part of CC de Bayeux Intercom. Population 12,659 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/14047-bayeux
Vitality score
Vitality score 66.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 80 % of the 1,946 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 | 0.62 | 25 | 15.41 |
| Social | 0.94 | 20 | 18.8 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.71 | 10 | 7.11 |
| Public & culture | 0.17 | 5 | 0.85 |
| Population trend | 0.36 | 10 | 3.61 |
| Housing mix | 0.91 | 5 | 4.56 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
21 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU MOULIN DORE · LA HUCHE A PAIN · BOULANGERIE D ARGOUGES · SARL ORDIONI). [3,4]
6 × Butcher (boucherie) (PRIX MIAM · CHARCUTERIE SAINT PATRICE · RAFAEL ET AXEL · BOUCHERIE BERNARD · LGB). [3,4]
4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BAYEUX BESSIN DISTRIBUTION · COCCINELLE EXPRESS · PROXI · COCCI MARKET). [3,4]
4 × Supermarket (SOCIETE BAYEUSAINE DE DISTRIBUTION · CARREFOUR · CARREFOUR CITY · ACTION). [3,4]
66 × Restaurant (LA GRIGNOTE D'ARCISSE · ROMALINE · MCDONALD'S · POURQUOI PAS · CAFET'EMERAUDE). [3,4]
17 × Café / bar (LE BALTO · PUB FICTION · BISTRO BURGER BAYEUX - 3B · LA MAISON BAYEUX · LE SAINT MALO). [4]
8 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LETOT-LA POTERIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE REINE MATHILDE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LOUISE LAURENT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE BELLEVUE). [3]
3 × Collège (COLLEGE CHARLES LETOT · COLLEGE ALAIN CHARTIER · ECOLE MATERNELLE ST PATRICE). [3]
18 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JOHANN GUILLET, MÉDECIN · CECILE CHITEL, MÉDECIN · EMILIE DE RYCKE, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE DE BRIE, MÉDECIN · STEPHANIE HENRY, MÉDECIN). [3]
6 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU PONT SAINT JEAN · PHARMACIE DU BESSIN · PHARMACIE D'ARGOUGES · PHARMACIE DU CENTRE · PHARMACIE DU 6 JUIN). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (BAYEUX PROXI RP · LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (LES 7 LIEUX). [3]
1 × Cinema (MELIES). [3]
5 × Gym / sports hall (STADE HENRY JEANNE · LYCEE A DE CAUMONT · LYCEE ALAIN CHARTIER · COSEC SAINT JULIEN · SALLE YVAN MAININI). [3]
10 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE BAYEUX LE MOLAY LITTRY ISIGNY · CAISSE LOCALE CRED AGRIC MUT DE BAYEUX · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE NORMANDIE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST · BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE). [3]
29 × Hairdresser (SARL SOC EXPLOITATION ETB DUCHEMIN · LE SALON BIO · HOME COIFFURE · FABIO SALSA · LES ARTISANS COIFFEURS DE BAYEUX). [3,4]
4 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
18 × Hotel (CAMPANILE · HÔTEL LE CHÂTEAU DE BELLEFONTAINE · B&B HOTEL · HÔTEL D'ARGOUGES · HÔTEL CHURCHILL). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE BAYEUX). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 13 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 21 | AU MOULIN DORE · LA HUCHE A PAIN · BOULANGERIE D ARGOUGES · SARL ORDIONI | INSEE BPE 21 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 6 | PRIX MIAM · CHARCUTERIE SAINT PATRICE · RAFAEL ET AXEL · BOUCHERIE BERNARD · LGB | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 4 | BAYEUX BESSIN DISTRIBUTION · COCCINELLE EXPRESS · PROXI · COCCI MARKET | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 4 | SOCIETE BAYEUSAINE DE DISTRIBUTION · CARREFOUR · CARREFOUR CITY · ACTION | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 66 | LA GRIGNOTE D'ARCISSE · ROMALINE · MCDONALD'S · POURQUOI PAS · CAFET'EMERAUDE | INSEE BPE 66 / INSEE SIRENE 91 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 17 | LE BALTO · PUB FICTION · BISTRO BURGER BAYEUX - 3B · LA MAISON BAYEUX · LE SAINT MALO | INSEE SIRENE 17 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 8 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LETOT-LA POTERIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE REINE MATHILDE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LOUISE LAURENT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE BELLEVUE | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| Collège | 3 | COLLEGE CHARLES LETOT · COLLEGE ALAIN CHARTIER · ECOLE MATERNELLE ST PATRICE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 18 | JOHANN GUILLET, MÉDECIN · CECILE CHITEL, MÉDECIN · EMILIE DE RYCKE, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE DE BRIE, MÉDECIN · STEPHANIE HENRY, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 18 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 6 | PHARMACIE DU PONT SAINT JEAN · PHARMACIE DU BESSIN · PHARMACIE D'ARGOUGES · PHARMACIE DU CENTRE · PHARMACIE DU 6 JUIN | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | BAYEUX PROXI RP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 1 | LES 7 LIEUX | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | MELIES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 5 | STADE HENRY JEANNE · LYCEE A DE CAUMONT · LYCEE ALAIN CHARTIER · COSEC SAINT JULIEN · SALLE YVAN MAININI | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 10 | CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE BAYEUX LE MOLAY LITTRY ISIGNY · CAISSE LOCALE CRED AGRIC MUT DE BAYEUX · CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE NORMANDIE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST · BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE | INSEE BPE 10 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 29 | SARL SOC EXPLOITATION ETB DUCHEMIN · LE SALON BIO · HOME COIFFURE · FABIO SALSA · LES ARTISANS COIFFEURS DE BAYEUX | INSEE BPE 29 / INSEE SIRENE 36 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 4 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 18 | CAMPANILE · HÔTEL LE CHÂTEAU DE BELLEFONTAINE · B&B HOTEL · HÔTEL D'ARGOUGES · HÔTEL CHURCHILL | INSEE BPE 18 / INSEE SIRENE 24 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL DE BAYEUX | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday, Saturday 7h30 à 13h30 (mercredi), 7h30 à 14h (samedi) rue piétonne Saint-Jean (mercredi), place Saint-Patrice (samedi). [5]
Trajectory
Population 13,674 (2012) → 12,659 (2023): -7.4 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 14,704 (1990) → 12,659 (2023): -13.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 7,872, of which 4.4 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bayeux): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Bayeux): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Bayeux): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Bayeux): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Bayeux): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BAYEUX weather station, 0.7 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 42 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at PORT EN BESSIN, 9.6 km away at 68 m, over 13 summers. [10]
An average of 835 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at SAINT VIGOR, 0.6 km away at 33 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14047/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— http://www.bayeux.fr/fr/vivre-bayeux/marches-hebdomadaires— “Marché Saint-Jean, le mercredi de 7h30 à 13h30, rue piétonne Saint-Jean Marché Saint-Patrice, le samedi de 7h30 à 14h, place Saint-Patrice”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14047/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14047/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14047/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14047
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe | 72 | 162 km S | 12,326 | 60.3 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 66 % |
| Nemours | 77 | 273 km SE | 12,889 | 60 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Comines | 59 | 312 km NE | 12,731 | 50.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 72 % |
| Argentan | 61 | 78 km SE | 13,527 | 61.6 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pontivy | 56 | 214 km SW | 14,640 | 67.9 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pélissanne | 13 | 771 km SE | 11,085 | 52.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentan | 61 | 78 km SE | 13,527 | 61.6 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe | 72 | 162 km S | 12,326 | 60.3 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 66 % |
| Pontivy | 56 | 214 km SW | 14,640 | 67.9 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nemours | 77 | 273 km SE | 12,889 | 60 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Comines | 59 | 312 km NE | 12,731 | 50.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 72 % |
| Pélissanne | 13 | 771 km SE | 11,085 | 52.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Bayeux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landerneau | 29 | 275 km W | 16,363 | 67.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Quimperlé | 29 | 261 km SW | 12,469 | 66.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Relecq-Kerhuon | 29 | 287 km W | 11,897 | 45.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pont-Audemer | 27 | 89 km E | 10,023 | 64.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montivilliers | 76 | 71 km NE | 15,478 | 56.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lesneven | 29 | 276 km W | 7,566 | 66.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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