Cahagnes

Calvados · CC Pré-Bocage Intercom · INSEE 14120

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

Few services 36/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cahagnes (INSEE 14120) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Pré-Bocage Intercom. Population 1,405 (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/14120-cahagnes

Vitality score

Vitality score 36/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 12,088 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI CAHAGNES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CRISTINA BEU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE LE MORVAN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE INTERCOMMUNAL). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (SALON BRIGITTE · LE SALON DE MARIE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI CAHAGNES	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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CRISTINA BEU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE LE MORVAN	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	CAHAGNES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE INTERCOMMUNAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	SALON BRIGITTE · LE SALON DE MARIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,005 2023: 1,405 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,386 (2012) → 1,405 (2023): 1.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 934 (1990) → 1,405 (2023): 50.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 625, of which 4.5 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.6 km WBakery — 4.0 km NW 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 (Caumont-sur-Aure): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cahagnes): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cahagnes): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Cahagnes): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Cahagnes): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 22.5

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LIVRY weather station, 3.8 km away at 194 m; the village itself is at 169 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LIVRY, 3.8 km away at 194 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 920 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LIVRY, 3.8 km away at 194 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14120/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14120/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14120/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14120/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14143
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14120
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
Val-de-Bonnieure	16	366 km S	1,332	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
Chazelles	16	390 km S	1,543	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Thivars	28	180 km SE	1,119	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Rai	61	105 km E	1,430	30.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois	23	373 km SE	1,892	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche	17	358 km S	1,350	41.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rai	61	105 km E	1,430	30.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Thivars	28	180 km SE	1,119	42.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche	17	358 km S	1,350	41.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Val-de-Bonnieure	16	366 km S	1,332	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 64 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois	23	373 km SE	1,892	42.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Chazelles	16	390 km S	1,543	40.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 50 % · 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 Cahagnes'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
Plaudren	56	202 km SW	1,978	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Val-de-Saâne	76	144 km NE	1,454	44.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Remilly Les Marais	50	38 km W	1,062	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Plourivo	22	172 km W	2,270	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Balleroy-sur-Drôme	14	14 km N	1,303	51.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Baulon	35	148 km SW	2,210	53.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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