Dozulé

Calvados · CC Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge · INSEE 14229

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

Partly served 58.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dozulé (INSEE 14229) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge. Population 2,244 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/14229-dozule

Vitality score

Vitality score 58.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 8,853 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.78	20	15.5
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.98	10	9.81
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.2

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL MAISON CONAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI SUPER). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (MARCHE U). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LA POMME CONFITE · L'ATELIER GOURMAND · AU BON GOUT · FOOD 2 7 PIZZAS). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE RUSTIQUE). ^[4]

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

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LOUIS PERGAUD). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (QUENTIN FELLAH, MÉDECIN · GILLES WALTER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DE DOZULE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE NICOLE THIELENS). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DAVID DOUILLET). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (CAPIL'HAIR · LE SALON DE CINDY). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel (LE MARCEL HOTELLERIE NORMANDE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). ^[4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL MAISON CONAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI SUPER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	MARCHE U	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	LA POMME CONFITE · L'ATELIER GOURMAND · AU BON GOUT · FOOD 2 7 PIZZAS	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE RUSTIQUE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LOUIS PERGAUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	QUENTIN FELLAH, MÉDECIN · GILLES WALTER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DE DOZULE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	BIBLIOTHEQUE NICOLE THIELENS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE DAVID DOUILLET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	CAPIL'HAIR · LE SALON DE CINDY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LE MARCEL HOTELLERIE NORMANDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 984 peak 2017: 2,284 2023: 2,244 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,022 (2012) → 2,244 (2023): 11 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,515 (1990) → 2,244 (2023): 48.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,071, of which 8 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Dozulé): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dozulé): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Dozulé): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Dozulé): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Dozulé): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.3

Days at or below 0 °C 27.6

Muggy days a summer 3.7

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BEAUMONT EN A. weather station, 10.2 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 38 m. ^[9]

The village sits 102 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CAMBREMER, 11.4 km away at 125 m, over 18 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 87 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 828 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at DOZULE, 0.2 km away at 29 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14229/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14229/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14229/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14229/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14229
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
Arudy	64	682 km S	2,228	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Lussac-les-Châteaux	86	320 km S	2,263	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Estagel	66	749 km S	2,160	56.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Amour	39	508 km SE	2,349	60.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 %
Vatan	36	277 km SE	1,994	54.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
La Bâthie	73	632 km SE	2,176	49.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vatan	36	277 km SE	1,994	54.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Lussac-les-Châteaux	86	320 km S	2,263	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Amour	39	508 km SE	2,349	60.8	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 %
La Bâthie	73	632 km SE	2,176	49.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %
Arudy	64	682 km S	2,228	53.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Estagel	66	749 km S	2,160	56.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Dozulé'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
Cérences	50	107 km W	1,852	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Longpré-les-Corps-Saints	80	170 km NE	1,500	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Bouin	85	290 km SW	2,205	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Tessy-Bocage	50	79 km W	2,217	67.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Breteil	35	182 km SW	3,675	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Gamaches	80	143 km NE	2,397	61.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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