Dives-sur-Mer
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 60.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Dives-sur-Mer (INSEE 14225) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge. Population 5,122 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/14225-dives-sur-mer
Vitality score
Vitality score 60.9/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 81 % of the 4,586 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 | 0.77 | 25 | 19.2 |
| Social | 0.89 | 20 | 17.75 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.61 | 10 | 6.1 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.46 | 10 | 4.58 |
| Housing mix | 0.16 | 5 | 0.78 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
9 × Bakery (boulangerie) (QUATRE · SARL HOT · LA MAISON FLORENT · MAISON CHAUDEMANCHE). [3,4]
4 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON HUET · BOUCHERIE · BOUCHERIE DES HALLES DIVAISE · AU POULET FLAMMEE). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL CASINO · DE LA NORMANDIE A LA SAVOIE). [3,4]
6 × Supermarket (LIDL · VALMA DISTRIBUTION · ALDI · DES DUNES · ACTION). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (LE HOMARD BLEU). [3,4]
25 × Restaurant (LA PERGOLA · CHEZ BIDULE · BRASSERIE DE LA MER · RISJ · MC DONALD'S). [3,4]
6 × Café / bar (LE GALLIA · LE CAFE DU MARCHE · LA GITANE · BAR DU STADE · LE BISTROT DU PORT). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE COLLEVILLE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE PAUL ELUARD). [3]
7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARTIN HERBINIERE, MÉDECIN · KARIM BENNIA, MÉDECIN · DENIS BOUGAULT, MÉDECIN · SOLENE BUREAU-HEBERT, MÉDECIN · LUDOVIC BOULENT, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE NAIM · PHARMACIE DES HALLES). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE JACQUES PREVERT). [3]
1 × Cinema (LE DRAKKAR). [3]
3 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DELAPORTE · GYMNASE DE L INTERCOMMUNALITE · GYMNASE GUIMIER). [3]
6 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE NORMANDIE · CREDIT MUTUEL DE DIVES SUR MER · BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS). [3]
11 × Hairdresser (VANWILDERMEERSCH CATHY · EDEN COIFFURE). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
3 × Hotel (IBIS BUDGET · KYRIAD PRESTIGE RESIDENCE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU GOLF). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 9 | QUATRE · SARL HOT · LA MAISON FLORENT · MAISON CHAUDEMANCHE | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 4 | MAISON HUET · BOUCHERIE · BOUCHERIE DES HALLES DIVAISE · AU POULET FLAMMEE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | VIVAL CASINO · DE LA NORMANDIE A LA SAVOIE | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 6 | LIDL · VALMA DISTRIBUTION · ALDI · DES DUNES · ACTION | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | LE HOMARD BLEU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 25 | LA PERGOLA · CHEZ BIDULE · BRASSERIE DE LA MER · RISJ · MC DONALD'S | INSEE BPE 25 / INSEE SIRENE 42 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 6 | LE GALLIA · LE CAFE DU MARCHE · LA GITANE · BAR DU STADE · LE BISTROT DU PORT | INSEE SIRENE 6 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE COLLEVILLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE PAUL ELUARD | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 7 | MARTIN HERBINIERE, MÉDECIN · KARIM BENNIA, MÉDECIN · DENIS BOUGAULT, MÉDECIN · SOLENE BUREAU-HEBERT, MÉDECIN · LUDOVIC BOULENT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE NAIM · PHARMACIE DES HALLES | 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 | MEDIATHEQUE MUNICIPALE JACQUES PREVERT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | LE DRAKKAR | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 3 | GYMNASE DELAPORTE · GYMNASE DE L INTERCOMMUNALITE · GYMNASE GUIMIER | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 6 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE NORMANDIE · CREDIT MUTUEL DE DIVES SUR MER · BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE · SOCIETE GENERALE · BNP PARIBAS | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 11 | VANWILDERMEERSCH CATHY · EDEN COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 3 | IBIS BUDGET · KYRIAD PRESTIGE RESIDENCE | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING DU GOLF | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 5,867 (2012) → 5,122 (2023): -12.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 5,344 (1990) → 5,122 (2023): -4.2 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 4,718, of which 42.2 % second homes and 2.5 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Dives-sur-Mer): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Dives-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Dives-sur-Mer): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Dives-sur-Mer): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Dives-sur-Mer): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the SALLENELLES weather station, 10.1 km away at 7 m; the village itself is at 5 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CAMBREMER, 18.8 km away at 125 m, over 18 summers. [10]
That station sits 120 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 828 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at DOZULE, 7.2 km away at 29 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14225/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/30/794fb487-0114-3d27-b6dc-31e5e68bff29— “Marché aux poissons”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14225/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14225/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14225/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14225
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Tréport | 76 | 137 km NE | 4,378 | 49.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 % |
| Port-Vendres | 66 | 792 km S | 4,018 | 48 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 % |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 65 | 692 km S | 7,114 | 71.7 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 77 % |
| Les Trois-Îlets | 972 | 6,694 km W | 6,507 | 65.7 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · humidity 0 % |
| Embrun | 05 | 725 km SE | 6,412 | 65.2 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 14 % · humidity 71 % |
| Cassis | 13 | 802 km SE | 6,661 | 63.3 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Tréport | 76 | 137 km NE | 4,378 | 49.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 92 % |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 65 | 692 km S | 7,114 | 71.7 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 77 % |
| Embrun | 05 | 725 km SE | 6,412 | 65.2 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 14 % · humidity 71 % |
| Port-Vendres | 66 | 792 km S | 4,018 | 48 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 64 % · humidity 0 % |
| Cassis | 13 | 802 km SE | 6,661 | 63.3 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 50 % |
| Les Trois-Îlets | 972 | 6,694 km W | 6,507 | 65.7 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 62 % · 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 Dives-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bénodet | 29 | 334 km SW | 3,849 | 57.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Honfleur | 14 | 28 km NE | 6,640 | 65.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fouesnant | 29 | 327 km SW | 10,436 | 53.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Desvres | 62 | 207 km NE | 4,829 | 62.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Trouville-sur-Mer | 14 | 16 km NE | 4,619 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pont-l'Abbé | 29 | 342 km SW | 8,484 | 74.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
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