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Bernières-d'Ailly

Calvados · CC du Pays de Falaise · INSEE 14064

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

Few services 23.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bernières-d'Ailly (INSEE 14064) is in Calvados (14), part of CC du Pays de Falaise. Population 222 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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/14064-bernieres-d-ailly

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 16,630 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.47104.69
Housing mix0.7853.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 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 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SAVEURS ET AROMATES). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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)1SAVEURS ET AROMATESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 210 peak 2012: 253 2023: 222 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 253 (2012) → 222 (2023): -12.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 229 (1990) → 222 (2023): -3.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 109, of which 11 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.0 km N (Jort)Primary school — 3.4 km W (Perrières)GP — 3.9 km S (Morteaux-Coulibœuf)Pharmacy — 3.9 km S (Morteaux-Coulibœuf)
In the commune Food shop Bakery — 2.0 km NPrimary school — 3.4 km WGP — 3.9 km SPharmacy — 3.9 km S 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 (Jort): 2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bernières-d'Ailly): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Morteaux-Coulibœuf): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Morteaux-Coulibœuf): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Perrières): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). [11]

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the DAMBLAINVILLE weather station, 5.5 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 44 m. [12]

The village sits 111 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. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at DAMBLAINVILLE, 5.5 km away at 155 m, over 28 summers. [12]

That station sits 111 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 717 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at SASSY, 4.6 km away at 62 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14064/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14064/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14064/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14064/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14345
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14064
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14452
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14497
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Villotte-sur-Aire55397 km E20727Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Cournols63437 km SE23023.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %
Vers-sous-Sellières39481 km SE22324.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Rye39472 km SE22221.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Fays88505 km E22217No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 28 % · humidity 86 %
Criquetot-sur-Longueville76124 km NE22123.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Criquetot-sur-Longueville76124 km NE22123.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Villotte-sur-Aire55397 km E20727Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Cournols63437 km SE23023.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 20 % · humidity 86 %
Rye39472 km SE22221.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Vers-sous-Sellières39481 km SE22324.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Fays88505 km E22217No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 28 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Bernières-d'Ailly'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
Les Monceaux1424 km NE19822Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Barbeville1460 km NW24024.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Rebreuve-sur-Canche62228 km NE19017.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Canapville1443 km N22422.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Vienne-en-Bessin1452 km NW26521.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Carcagny1449 km NW27221.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %