Bretteville-sur-Laize

Calvados · CC Cingal-Suisse Normande · INSEE 14100

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

Served 63.3/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bretteville-sur-Laize (INSEE 14100) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Cingal-Suisse Normande. Population 1,910 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 63.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Pharmacy).

Better served than 96 % of the 9,904 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	0.55	25	13.76
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.82	10	8.21
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.92	10	9.24
Housing mix	1	5	4.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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) (BOULANGERIE DE LA POSTE). ^[3,4]

4 × Butcher (boucherie) (FERME DE CAILLOUET · BARBAQUES · FDC). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVICO). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (U EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (DOMINUTE PIZZA · GANG OF PIZZA · LE VINTAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE LUTHER). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE CINGAL). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MATTHIEU PARAT, MÉDECIN · MARTIAL MAINDRELLE, MÉDECIN · MATTHIEU L HIRONDEL, MÉDECIN · MARC ERNOUL DE LA PROVOTE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

3 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Cinema (NORMANDY). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DU COLLEGE DU CINGAL). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CRED AGR MUT BRETTEVILLE-L · CREDIT AGRICOLE NORMANDIE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (MAISON DE LA COIFFURE · LINDA COIFFURE · THE GENT'S BARBER SHOP). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE DE LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	4	FERME DE CAILLOUET · BARBAQUES · FDC	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVICO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	U EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	DOMINUTE PIZZA · GANG OF PIZZA · LE VINTAGE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE LUTHER	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE CINGAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	MATTHIEU PARAT, MÉDECIN · MARTIAL MAINDRELLE, MÉDECIN · MATTHIEU L HIRONDEL, MÉDECIN · MARC ERNOUL DE LA PROVOTE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	3		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	NORMANDY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE DU COLLEGE DU CINGAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE LOCALE CRED AGR MUT BRETTEVILLE-L · CREDIT AGRICOLE NORMANDIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	5	MAISON DE LA COIFFURE · LINDA COIFFURE · THE GENT'S BARBER SHOP	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,323 2023: 1,910 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,692 (2012) → 1,910 (2023): 12.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,341 (1990) → 1,910 (2023): 42.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 887, of which 0.2 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 6.8 km W 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 (Bretteville-sur-Laize): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bretteville-sur-Laize): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bretteville-sur-Laize): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Laurent-de-Condel): 6.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bretteville-sur-Laize): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.5

Days at or below 0 °C 30.3

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FRESNEY LE VIEU weather station, 5.4 km away at 175 m; the village itself is at 59 m. ^[10]

The village sits 116 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. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at ST SYLVAIN_SAPC, 6.9 km away at 62 m, over 14 summers. ^[10]

An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FONTENAY LE MAR, 5.2 km away at 58 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Pharmacy

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14100/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14100/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14100/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14100/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14100
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14603
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
Cormery	37	216 km SE	1,905	60.5	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Chaulnes	80	242 km E	1,969	65.2	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Envermeu	76	149 km NE	1,967	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Aumale	76	171 km NE	1,996	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumont-sur-Sarthe	72	97 km S	1,972	59.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 85 %
Potigny	14	10 km SE	2,089	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Potigny	14	10 km SE	2,089	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Beaumont-sur-Sarthe	72	97 km S	1,972	59.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 85 %
Envermeu	76	149 km NE	1,967	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Aumale	76	171 km NE	1,996	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Cormery	37	216 km SE	1,905	60.5	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Chaulnes	80	242 km E	1,969	65.2	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 78 % · 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 Bretteville-sur-Laize'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
Envermeu	76	149 km NE	1,967	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Aumale	76	171 km NE	1,996	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Potigny	14	10 km SE	2,089	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Gacé	61	53 km SE	1,766	66.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Les Grandes-Ventes	76	139 km NE	1,725	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Saëns	76	136 km NE	2,298	64.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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