Cesny-les-Sources
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 44.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Cesny-les-Sources (INSEE 14150) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Cingal-Suisse Normande. Population 1,411 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 4 former communes: Acqueville (14002), Angoville (14013), Placy (14505), Tournebu (14703). [3]
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/14150-cesny-les-sources
Vitality score
Vitality score 44.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 65 % of the 12,045 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 | 0.39 | 25 | 9.84 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.61 | 10 | 6.08 |
| Housing mix | 0.92 | 5 | 4.61 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON DEBERT). [4,5]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BERTIL AZE). [4,5]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE VERGER DES SOURCES). [4,5]
2 × Restaurant (A L'EPOQUE · MOREL). [4,5]
2 × Café / bar (L'IPPON · ANNE BROC' CAFE). [5]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (CESNY BOIS HALBOUT AP). [4]
1 × Hairdresser. [4,5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | MAISON DEBERT | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BERTIL AZE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | LE VERGER DES SOURCES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 2 | A L'EPOQUE · MOREL | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 2 | L'IPPON · ANNE BROC' CAFE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | CESNY BOIS HALBOUT AP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,340 (2012) → 1,411 (2023): 5.3 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,273 (1990) → 1,411 (2023): 10.8 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 621, of which 3.9 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Germain-le-Vasson): 5.7 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Cesny-les-Sources): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]
GP (Saint-Laurent-de-Condel): 6.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]
Pharmacy (Saint-Laurent-de-Condel): 6.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Cesny-les-Sources): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the FRESNEY LE VIEU weather station, 2.8 km away at 175 m; the village itself is at 188 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at ST SYLVAIN_SAPC, 13.3 km away at 62 m, over 14 summers. [12]
That station sits 126 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 830 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at FRESNEY LE VIEU, 2.8 km away at 175 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14150/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14150/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14150/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14150/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14589
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14150
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemiré-le-Gaudin | 72 | 121 km S | 998 | 56.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Ferrière-aux-Étangs | 61 | 38 km S | 1,506 | 41.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Lusignan | 47 | 534 km S | 1,501 | 47.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 % |
| Vézac | 15 | 506 km SE | 1,325 | 46.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Boulleret | 18 | 297 km SE | 1,397 | 33.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Quincié-en-Beaujolais | 69 | 492 km SE | 1,408 | 47.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Ferrière-aux-Étangs | 61 | 38 km S | 1,506 | 41.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chemiré-le-Gaudin | 72 | 121 km S | 998 | 56.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Boulleret | 18 | 297 km SE | 1,397 | 33.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Quincié-en-Beaujolais | 69 | 492 km SE | 1,408 | 47.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 62 % · humidity 79 % |
| Vézac | 15 | 506 km SE | 1,325 | 46.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Lusignan | 47 | 534 km S | 1,501 | 47.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 Cesny-les-Sources'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 Ferrière-aux-Étangs | 61 | 38 km S | 1,506 | 41.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rauville-la-Bigot | 50 | 112 km NW | 1,082 | 40.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Amayé-sur-Orne | 14 | 12 km N | 1,079 | 45.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Arnoult | 76 | 97 km NE | 1,446 | 38.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Felleries | 59 | 343 km NE | 1,433 | 40.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Quentin-sur-le-Homme | 50 | 79 km SW | 1,338 | 36.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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