Épaney

Identity

Épaney (INSEE 14240) is in Calvados (14), part of CC du Pays de Falaise. Population 488 (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/14240-epaney

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 17,802 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.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 514 (2012) → 488 (2023): -5.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 352 (1990) → 488 (2023): 38.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 218, of which 4.1 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Perrières): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Falaise): 5.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Potigny): 5.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Falaise): 5.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Épaney): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DAMBLAINVILLE weather station, 2.7 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 100 m. ^[12]

The village sits 55 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at DAMBLAINVILLE, 2.7 km away at 155 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 55 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 720 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at DAMBLAINVILLE, 2.7 km away at 155 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14240/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14240/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14240/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14240/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14497
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14258
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14516
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14240
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024