Donnay
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 16.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Donnay (INSEE 14226) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Cingal-Suisse Normande. Population 330 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 16.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 27 % of the 18,033 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.8 | 5 | 4.01 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | HALLE DES SPORTS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 222 (2012) → 330 (2023): 48.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 177 (1990) → 330 (2023): 86.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 152, of which 9.9 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom): 5.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Cesny-les-Sources): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom): 5.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Esson): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the PIERREFITTE CIN_SAPC weather station, 6.9 km away at 187 m; the village itself is at 199 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST SYLVAIN_SAPC, 17.8 km away at 62 m, over 14 summers. [11]
That station sits 137 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 806 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at PIERREFITTE CIN_SAPC, 6.9 km away at 187 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 — 14226/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14226/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14226/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14226/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14689
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14150
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14251
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cessey | 25 | 513 km E | 326 | 15 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Roy-Boissy | 60 | 184 km NE | 328 | 13 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villeneuve-lès-Montréal | 11 | 671 km S | 330 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 76 % · humidity 0 % |
| La Planée | 25 | 552 km SE | 332 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Thibouville | 27 | 91 km E | 328 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bazoches-les-Hautes | 28 | 186 km SE | 330 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thibouville | 27 | 91 km E | 328 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Roy-Boissy | 60 | 184 km NE | 328 | 13 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bazoches-les-Hautes | 28 | 186 km SE | 330 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cessey | 25 | 513 km E | 326 | 15 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Planée | 25 | 552 km SE | 332 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villeneuve-lès-Montréal | 11 | 671 km S | 330 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 76 % · 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 Donnay'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domvast | 80 | 218 km NE | 333 | 16.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rozet-Saint-Albin | 02 | 272 km E | 335 | 13.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Germainville | 28 | 141 km E | 338 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ochancourt | 80 | 194 km NE | 322 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saonnet | 14 | 49 km NW | 325 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Tourneville | 27 | 113 km E | 333 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
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