Bernières-sur-Mer

Calvados · CC Coeur de Nacre · INSEE 14066

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 48.7/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bernières-sur-Mer (INSEE 14066) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Coeur de Nacre. Population 2,437 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/14066-bernieres-sur-mer

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 64 % of the 8,394 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.25	5	1.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DELICES DE BERNIERES SUR MER). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA HALLE 936). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (LA MAREE DE NICOLAS). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (AU PERE TRANQUILLE · LES DOUCEURS DE BERNIERES · L'AS DE TREFLE · LA LUZERNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DU CENTRE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HAROLD EUDIER, MÉDECIN · JOSIANE DAVID, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BERNIERES SUR MER AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Swimming pool (BAIGNADE AMENAGEE POSTE DE SECOURS · SALLE DE LA MER). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (NORMAN KELIAN · LA COIFFURE DE PAULINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING HAVRE DE BERNIERES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX DELICES DE BERNIERES SUR MER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LA HALLE 936	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	LA MAREE DE NICOLAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	AU PERE TRANQUILLE · LES DOUCEURS DE BERNIERES · L'AS DE TREFLE · LA LUZERNE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DU CENTRE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	2	HAROLD EUDIER, MÉDECIN · JOSIANE DAVID, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BERNIERES SUR MER AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	2	BAIGNADE AMENAGEE POSTE DE SECOURS · SALLE DE LA MER	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	NORMAN KELIAN · LA COIFFURE DE PAULINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING HAVRE DE BERNIERES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday, Saturday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 964 2023: 2,437 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,336 (2012) → 2,437 (2023): 4.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,563 (1990) → 2,437 (2023): 55.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,927, of which 37.4 % second homes and 2.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Bernières-sur-Mer): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Bernières-sur-Mer): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bernières-sur-Mer): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bernières-sur-Mer): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bernières-sur-Mer): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the BERNIERES weather station, 0.7 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 6 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BERNIERES, 0.7 km away at 2 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 696 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BERNIERES, 0.7 km away at 2 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

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 — 14066/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.bernieres-sur-mer.com/decouvrir/bernieres-sur-mer/situation-geographique/— “2 marchés hebdomadaires : le mercredi matin (rue de l'église) et le samedi matin (Place Marcel Ouimet)”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14066/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14066/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14066/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14066
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
Roscoff	29	268 km W	3,334	53.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Guilvinec	29	332 km SW	2,669	63.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Ré	17	355 km S	2,355	58.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %
Étel	56	277 km SW	2,074	52.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %
Mers-les-Bains	80	154 km NE	2,540	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Trégastel	22	232 km W	2,524	59.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mers-les-Bains	80	154 km NE	2,540	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Trégastel	22	232 km W	2,524	59.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Roscoff	29	268 km W	3,334	53.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Étel	56	277 km SW	2,074	52.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %
Guilvinec	29	332 km SW	2,669	63.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-de-Ré	17	355 km S	2,355	58.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 71 %

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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-sur-Mer'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
Mers-les-Bains	80	154 km NE	2,540	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Langrune-sur-Mer	14	3.7 km SE	1,916	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer	14	2.5 km E	2,101	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Touques	14	38 km E	3,913	47.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bénodet	29	316 km SW	3,849	57.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur	14	51 km E	2,527	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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