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Cardonville

Calvados · CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom · INSEE 14136

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 16.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cardonville (INSEE 14136) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom. Population 90 (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/14136-cardonville

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 9,584 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.95109.52
Housing mix0.9454.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 82 peak 2017: 112 2023: 90 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 103 (2012) → 90 (2023): -12.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 62 (1990) → 90 (2023): 45.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 33, of which 3 % second homes and 3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.5 km SW (Isigny-sur-Mer)Food shop — 3.8 km SW (Isigny-sur-Mer)GP — 3.8 km SW (Isigny-sur-Mer)Pharmacy — 3.9 km SW (Isigny-sur-Mer)Primary school — 4.0 km SW (Isigny-sur-Mer)
Bakery — 3.5 km SWFood shop — 3.8 km SWGP — 3.8 km SWPharmacy — 3.9 km SWPrimary school — 4.0 km SW 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 (Isigny-sur-Mer): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Isigny-sur-Mer): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Isigny-sur-Mer): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Isigny-sur-Mer): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Isigny-sur-Mer): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the ENGLESQUEVILLE weather station, 9.3 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 28 m. [9]

An average of 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ENGLESQUEVILLE, 9.3 km away at 38 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14136/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14136/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14136/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14136/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14342
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lapeyre65678 km S9017.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 97 %
Champoux25577 km E9017.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 3 %
Champigny-sur-Aube10385 km E9016.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 45 %
Osmets65679 km S9013.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 97 %
Martincourt54514 km E8912.1No daily shopsno figures
Azoudange57578 km E899.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 19 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Champigny-sur-Aube10385 km E9016.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 45 %
Martincourt54514 km E8912.1No daily shopsno figures
Champoux25577 km E9017.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 3 %
Azoudange57578 km E899.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 19 %
Lapeyre65678 km S9017.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 56 % · winter 97 %
Osmets65679 km S9013.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 97 %

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