Bonnebosq

Calvados · CC Terre d'Auge · INSEE 14083

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

Served 60.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bonnebosq (INSEE 14083) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Terre d'Auge. Population 649 (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/14083-bonnebosq

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.7/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 16,756 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.49	20	9.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.58	10	5.83
Housing mix	0.63	5	3.16

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE VEAUDEVILLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (HERMAY ANNE-MARIE). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (A LA DORETTE · CHEZ SIOUX · MON VILLAGE · LE BRAS D'OR). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MIKE KERHERVE, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE ROLLAND, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SAMYN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BONNEBOSQ AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE CLAUDE MICHELET). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTIACTIVITES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (MESNIL MYLENE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE VEAUDEVILLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	HERMAY ANNE-MARIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	4	A LA DORETTE · CHEZ SIOUX · MON VILLAGE · LE BRAS D'OR	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	MIKE KERHERVE, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE ROLLAND, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE SAMYN	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	BONNEBOSQ AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE CLAUDE MICHELET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTIACTIVITES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	MESNIL MYLENE	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	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

1968: 636 peak 2012: 709 2023: 649 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 709 (2012) → 649 (2023): -8.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 599 (1990) → 649 (2023): 8.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 446, of which 18.4 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

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 (Bonnebosq): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bonnebosq): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bonnebosq): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bonnebosq): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bonnebosq): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 28.9

Muggy days a summer 2.9

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BEAUMONT EN A. weather station, 5.8 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 86 m. ^[9]

The village sits 54 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CAMBREMER, 7.1 km away at 125 m, over 18 summers. ^[9]

An average of 955 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BEAUMONT EN A., 5.8 km away at 140 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14083/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14083/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14083/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14083/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14083
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
Saint-Germain-du-Bel-Air	46	517 km S	624	59.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Estang	32	594 km S	668	57.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 %
Courtomer	61	67 km S	731	57.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Payrac	46	502 km S	669	66	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
La Cambe	14	80 km W	548	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Montolieu	11	676 km S	829	60.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Courtomer	61	67 km S	731	57.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
La Cambe	14	80 km W	548	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Payrac	46	502 km S	669	66	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-du-Bel-Air	46	517 km S	624	59.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Estang	32	594 km S	668	57.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 43 %
Montolieu	11	676 km S	829	60.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Bonnebosq'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
La Cambe	14	80 km W	548	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bazoches-sur-Hoëne	61	78 km S	827	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Rochefort-en-Terre	56	245 km SW	647	69.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Roncey	50	106 km W	770	63.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Broladre	35	144 km SW	1,153	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pois	50	98 km SW	454	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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