Colombelles

Calvados · CU Caen la Mer · INSEE 14167

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

Served 63.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Colombelles (INSEE 14167) is in Calvados (14), part of CU Caen la Mer. Population 7,243 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[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/14167-colombelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 63.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 3,340 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	0.65	25	16.14
Social	0.76	20	15.27
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.77	10	7.72
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 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 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (J.S.V · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · EURL SAUSSAYE · LANGLOIS FAMILY · LE PETIT MITRON DE COLOMBELLES). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (COOP-SAVEURS · BOUCHERIE LE LAZZARO). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI SERVICE). ^[3,4]

4 × Supermarket (LIDL · COLOMBELLES DISTRIBUTION · COCCINELLE · SUPER U). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger. ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (PIZZA DU CHATEAU · LA NORMANDINE · LE REGAL · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS · LE PELICAN). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (BAR DU PLATEAU · LA TRIPERIE · LE CENTRAL BAR · LE LAZZARO). ^[4]

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

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

8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (STEPHANE VALLAEYS, MÉDECIN · HELENE MANDONNET, MÉDECIN · ELISE BARBE-DELRUE, MÉDECIN · JEANNE LE BAS, MÉDECIN · JONATHAN BOISSET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VEREECKE · PHARMACIE DE LA MAIRIE DE COLOMBELLES). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE LE PHÉNIX LE PHENIX). ^[3]

3 × Gym / sports hall (RENAULT TRUCKS · COMPLEXE SPORTIF PIERRE RIVAL · STADE MICHEL HIDALGO). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE · CREDIT AGRICOLE NORMANDIE). ^[3]

14 × Hairdresser (RUBILYNE · ESPACE COIFFURE · SALON ROBIN'S · MYRIAM COIFFURE BARBE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL LE LIBERA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	6	J.S.V · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · EURL SAUSSAYE · LANGLOIS FAMILY · LE PETIT MITRON DE COLOMBELLES	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	COOP-SAVEURS · BOUCHERIE LE LAZZARO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	PROXI SERVICE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	4	LIDL · COLOMBELLES DISTRIBUTION · COCCINELLE · SUPER U	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	9	PIZZA DU CHATEAU · LA NORMANDINE · LE REGAL · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS · LE PELICAN	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	BAR DU PLATEAU · LA TRIPERIE · LE CENTRAL BAR · LE LAZZARO	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE HENRI SELLIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE HENRI SELLIER	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	8	STEPHANE VALLAEYS, MÉDECIN · HELENE MANDONNET, MÉDECIN · ELISE BARBE-DELRUE, MÉDECIN · JEANNE LE BAS, MÉDECIN · JONATHAN BOISSET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 8 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE VEREECKE · PHARMACIE DE LA MAIRIE DE COLOMBELLES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 LE PHÉNIX LE PHENIX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	3	RENAULT TRUCKS · COMPLEXE SPORTIF PIERRE RIVAL · STADE MICHEL HIDALGO	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE EPARGNE · CREDIT AGRICOLE NORMANDIE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	14	RUBILYNE · ESPACE COIFFURE · SALON ROBIN'S · MYRIAM COIFFURE BARBE	INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL LE LIBERA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday de 8h à 13h Place François-Mitterrand. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 5,668 2023: 7,243 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 5,764 (2012) → 7,243 (2023): 25.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 5,695 (1990) → 7,243 (2023): 27.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 3,515, of which 0.8 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.5 km SE 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 (Colombelles): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

GP (Colombelles): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Colombelles): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Colombelles): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 27.1

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

Measured at the OUISTREHAM weather station, 7.8 km away at 10 m; the village itself is at 39 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 11.8 km away at 67 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 5.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at OUISTREHAM, 7.8 km away at 10 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14167/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.colombelles.fr/votre-mairie/presentation-de-la-ville/marche-hebdomadaire/— “Tous les mercredis matin de 8h à 13h, des commerçants viennent s'installer sur la place François-Mitterrand”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14167/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14167/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14167/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14167
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
Mably	42	476 km SE	7,233	56.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 42 % · humidity 64 %
Vendargues	34	698 km SE	7,262	69.3	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Nicolas-de-Port	54	486 km E	7,359	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Fresnes-sur-Escaut	59	310 km NE	7,354	58.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis	78	173 km E	7,276	55.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sathonay-Camp	69	540 km SE	7,019	62	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis	78	173 km E	7,276	55.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Fresnes-sur-Escaut	59	310 km NE	7,354	58.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Mably	42	476 km SE	7,233	56.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 42 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Nicolas-de-Port	54	486 km E	7,359	53.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Sathonay-Camp	69	540 km SE	7,019	62	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Vendargues	34	698 km SE	7,262	69.3	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 0 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Colombelles'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
Lesneven	29	303 km W	7,566	66.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf	76	98 km E	8,306	57.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Fleury-sur-Orne	14	8.5 km SW	5,941	61.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-Audemer	27	62 km E	10,023	64.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Guingamp	22	220 km W	7,111	71.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Houplines	59	283 km NE	7,921	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

Commune website · Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/14167-colombelles