Courseulles-sur-Mer

Calvados · CC Coeur de Nacre · INSEE 14191

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

Partly served 57.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Courseulles-sur-Mer (INSEE 14191) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Coeur de Nacre. Population 4,268 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/14191-courseulles-sur-mer

Vitality score

Vitality score 57.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 5,357 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	0.53	25	13.19
Social	0.91	20	18.26
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.66	10	6.56
Public & culture	0.11	5	0.55
Population trend	0.84	10	8.41
Housing mix	0	5	0

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 2 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'EPI DE COURSEULLES · SARL CLERET · BOULANGERIE DU PORT). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (LES DELICES DU PARC · MAISON FOUILLET · BOUCHERIE COURSEULLAISE). ^[3,4]

3 × Supermarket (LIDL · OLICOURS · CARRFEOUR CITY). ^[3,4]

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (LA FROMAGERIE D'ESTELLE). ^[4]

4 × Fishmonger (AUX REGALS DE L'ILE BENOIST · POISSONNERIE DES QUATRE VENTS · CAP-NORD · CHEZ ANGELE). ^[3,4]

30 × Restaurant (LA PECHERIE · BAR DE LA MAISON DE LA MER · JEAN-JACQUES ET ANNIE-CLAIRE DALLET). ^[3,4]

7 × Café / bar (LA CAUSERIE · LA MAISON BLEUE · LE NORMANDIE · LE SUNNY). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE QUINTEFEUILLE). ^[3]

10 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AGATHE GAND, MÉDECIN · LISSIA MARCHAL, MÉDECIN · ELODIE VAUTIER, MÉDECIN · MARINE NICHOLS, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRA GUILLOIS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MARETTE VAUDORE · PHARMACIE COTE MER). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Cinema (CINEMA DE LA GARE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (POSTE DE SECOURS CENTRAL). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE D EPARGNE · CREDIT AGRICOLE NORMANDIE · BNP PARIBAS). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (NORMAN KELIAN · AU PETIT SALON · SALON 65). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

4 × Hotel (LA PECHERIE · HÔTEL DE LA PLAGE · LA CREMAILLERE · L'R DU PORT). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LE CAMPING DE COURSEULLES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Supermarket, 2 × Restaurant, 2 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	L'EPI DE COURSEULLES · SARL CLERET · BOULANGERIE DU PORT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	LES DELICES DU PARC · MAISON FOUILLET · BOUCHERIE COURSEULLAISE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	3	LIDL · OLICOURS · CARRFEOUR CITY	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	1	LA FROMAGERIE D'ESTELLE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Fishmonger	4	AUX REGALS DE L'ILE BENOIST · POISSONNERIE DES QUATRE VENTS · CAP-NORD · CHEZ ANGELE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Restaurant	30	LA PECHERIE · BAR DE LA MAISON DE LA MER · JEAN-JACQUES ET ANNIE-CLAIRE DALLET	INSEE BPE 30 / INSEE SIRENE 35 [3,4]
Café / bar	7	LA CAUSERIE · LA MAISON BLEUE · LE NORMANDIE · LE SUNNY	INSEE SIRENE 7 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE QUINTEFEUILLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	10	AGATHE GAND, MÉDECIN · LISSIA MARCHAL, MÉDECIN · ELODIE VAUTIER, MÉDECIN · MARINE NICHOLS, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRA GUILLOIS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 10 [3]
Pharmacy	2	PHARMACIE MARETTE VAUDORE · PHARMACIE COTE MER	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	1	CINEMA DE LA GARE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	1	POSTE DE SECOURS CENTRAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE D EPARGNE · CREDIT AGRICOLE NORMANDIE · BNP PARIBAS	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	7	NORMAN KELIAN · AU PETIT SALON · SALON 65	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	4	LA PECHERIE · HÔTEL DE LA PLAGE · LA CREMAILLERE · L'R DU PORT	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LE CAMPING DE COURSEULLES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5,6]

Trajectory

1968: 1,938 2023: 4,268 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 4,200 (2012) → 4,268 (2023): 1.6 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 3,182 (1990) → 4,268 (2023): 34.1 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 5,831, of which 54.7 % second homes and 2.6 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 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 (Courseulles-sur-Mer): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Courseulles-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Courseulles-sur-Mer): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Courseulles-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Courseulles-sur-Mer): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 18.5▸

Muggy days a summer 1

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BERNIERES weather station, 1.9 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 4 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BERNIERES, 1.9 km away at 2 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 696 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BERNIERES, 1.9 km away at 2 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14191/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/30/441c3798-546c-3d32-888f-989a4e46af7c— “Marché hebdomadaire de Courseulles-sur-mer”(unverified)
DATAtourisme 2026-09— https://data.datatourisme.fr/30/e570c7b0-3244-321c-8139-fc0e595fe63d— “Marché aux poissons - Courseulles-Sur-Mer”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14191/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14191/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14191/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14191
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
Pléneuf-Val-André	22	173 km SW	3,988	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
La Bresse	88	558 km E	3,853	45.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie	61	87 km S	2,699	62.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 39 %
La Tremblade	17	400 km S	4,650	62.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
Neufchâtel-Hardelot	62	207 km NE	4,115	56.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
L'Île-Rousse	2B	1,038 km SE	3,231	64.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 74 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie	61	87 km S	2,699	62.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 39 %
Pléneuf-Val-André	22	173 km SW	3,988	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Neufchâtel-Hardelot	62	207 km NE	4,115	56.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
La Tremblade	17	400 km S	4,650	62.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 89 % · humidity 36 %
La Bresse	88	558 km E	3,853	45.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
L'Île-Rousse	2B	1,038 km SE	3,231	64.3	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 74 % · 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 Courseulles-sur-Mer'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
Pléneuf-Val-André	22	173 km SW	3,988	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Audierne	29	333 km SW	3,727	58.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
La Turballe	44	268 km SW	4,850	56.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Cayeux-sur-Mer	80	169 km NE	2,316	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cléder	29	276 km W	3,584	45.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme	80	178 km NE	2,306	66.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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