Cairon

Calvados · CU Caen la Mer · INSEE 14123

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

Partly served 45.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cairon (INSEE 14123) is in Calvados (14), part of CU Caen la Mer. Population 2,066 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/14123-cairon

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 9,389 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.85

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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) (BOULANGERIE LERAY). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (L'ANTIDOTE · L'EXUTOIRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE MANHATTAN). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENT MILESI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ESPACE CULTUREL). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (COIF'ING (MME HAMEL INGEBORG) · BEAUTYCIAN-ONE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE LERAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	GORDY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	L'ANTIDOTE · L'EXUTOIRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE MANHATTAN	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)	1	LAURENT MILESI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE ESPACE CULTUREL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	COIF'ING (MME HAMEL INGEBORG) · BEAUTYCIAN-ONE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 480 2023: 2,066 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,759 (2012) → 2,066 (2023): 17.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,098 (1990) → 2,066 (2023): 88.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 842, of which 1.5 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.8 km NEGP — 0.8 km NFood shop — 0.9 km NEPharmacy — 2.7 km N 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 (Cairon): 0.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cairon): 0.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cairon): 0.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Thaon): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Cairon): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.6

Days at or below 0 °C 28.1

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CAEN-CARPIQUET weather station, 6.1 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 36 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 6.1 km away at 67 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 6.1 km away at 67 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 — 14123/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14123/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14123/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14123/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14123
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14685
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
Villedoux	17	336 km S	2,166	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Remouillé	44	252 km S	1,932	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 95 %
Larressore	64	656 km S	2,163	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 %
Lassy	35	175 km SW	1,841	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Berric	56	235 km SW	2,129	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Berstett	67	595 km E	2,517	43.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lassy	35	175 km SW	1,841	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Berric	56	235 km SW	2,129	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Remouillé	44	252 km S	1,932	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 95 %
Villedoux	17	336 km S	2,166	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Berstett	67	595 km E	2,517	43.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Larressore	64	656 km S	2,163	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 85 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Cairon'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
Lassy	35	175 km SW	1,841	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Berric	56	235 km SW	2,129	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Cintré	35	163 km SW	2,645	55.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Roquetoire	62	256 km NE	1,970	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Plumelin	56	236 km SW	2,885	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Edern	29	288 km SW	2,186	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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