Courtonne-la-Meurdrac

Calvados · CA Lisieux Normandie · INSEE 14193

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

Few services 32.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Courtonne-la-Meurdrac (INSEE 14193) is in Calvados (14), part of CA Lisieux Normandie. Population 683 (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/14193-courtonne-la-meurdrac

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 16,470 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.62	10	6.22
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.79

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'ESSOMERIC). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (AU SALON D'AMELIE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'ESSOMERIC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	AU SALON D'AMELIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 538 peak 2007: 699 2023: 683 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 693 (2012) → 683 (2023): -1.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 609 (1990) → 683 (2023): 12.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 346, of which 12.1 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.0 km WGP — 4.9 km NWPharmacy — 5.1 km NW 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 (Glos): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Courtonne-la-Meurdrac): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lisieux): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lisieux): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Courtonne-la-Meurdrac): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.4

Days at or below 0 °C 41.9

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LISIEUX_SAPC weather station, 8 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 84 m. ^[11]

An average of 914 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MAROLLES, 3.5 km away at 155 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 — 14193/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14193/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14193/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14193/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14303
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14193
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14366
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
Chaussy	95	100 km E	631	35.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 72 %
Cieurac	46	537 km S	660	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 99 %
La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien	17	382 km S	604	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 73 %
Grosmagny	90	509 km E	569	34.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 61 %
Dangy	50	113 km W	648	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 70 %
Escoussens	81	642 km S	614	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chaussy	95	100 km E	631	35.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 72 %
Dangy	50	113 km W	648	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 70 %
La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien	17	382 km S	604	40.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 73 %
Grosmagny	90	509 km E	569	34.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 61 %
Cieurac	46	537 km S	660	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 18 % · winter 99 %
Escoussens	81	642 km S	614	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 85 %

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Elsewhere

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