Épron

Calvados · CU Caen la Mer · INSEE 14242

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

Partly served 56/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Épron (INSEE 14242) is in Calvados (14), part of CU Caen la Mer. Population 2,093 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). ^[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 56/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 9,309 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	0.52	25	13.03
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.66	10	6.56
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.97	10	9.69
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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) (BOULANGERIE MARINI). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE SEGUIN). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MES BO'CAL · LE P'TIT PANIER · EPRON MARKET). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (MONTAGE DE MEUBLE CHERGUI · L'ARTIGIANO · LA MAISON DU GRILL · EXTREME ORIENT). ^[3,4]

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

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BENJAMIN LACHEY, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE BATARD, MÉDECIN · ESTELLE TOMMERAY, MÉDECIN · MARIE-LAURE DE BRUYN, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE BEDOS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE VOISINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE O'JO-LY · COIFFEUR CHEZ MAX · ESTELLE ENGEL HAIRDRESSER COMPANY). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOLIDAY IN EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE MARINI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE SEGUIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	MES BO'CAL · LE P'TIT PANIER · EPRON MARKET	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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	4	MONTAGE DE MEUBLE CHERGUI · L'ARTIGIANO · LA MAISON DU GRILL · EXTREME ORIENT	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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)	5	BENJAMIN LACHEY, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE BATARD, MÉDECIN · ESTELLE TOMMERAY, MÉDECIN · MARIE-LAURE DE BRUYN, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE BEDOS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE VOISINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	COIFFURE O'JO-LY · COIFFEUR CHEZ MAX · ESTELLE ENGEL HAIRDRESSER COMPANY	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOLIDAY IN EXPRESS	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: 325 2023: 2,093 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,577 (2012) → 2,093 (2023): 32.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,425 (1990) → 2,093 (2023): 46.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,175, of which 2.6 % second homes and 7.5 % 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 (Épron): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Épron): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Épron): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Épron): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.6

Days at or below 0 °C 28.1

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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

Measured at the CAEN-CARPIQUET weather station, 7.8 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 53 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 7.8 km away at 67 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 7.8 km away at 67 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 — 14242/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14242/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14242/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14242/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14242
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
Forest-sur-Marque	59	299 km NE	1,662	45.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Poisat	38	647 km SE	2,173	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or	69	544 km SE	4,669	46.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Andilly	95	196 km E	2,742	56.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Brax	31	636 km S	3,037	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
L'Étrat	42	548 km SE	2,879	63.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Andilly	95	196 km E	2,742	56.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Forest-sur-Marque	59	299 km NE	1,662	45.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or	69	544 km SE	4,669	46.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
L'Étrat	42	548 km SE	2,879	63.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Brax	31	636 km S	3,037	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Poisat	38	647 km SE	2,173	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Épron'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
Capinghem	59	286 km NE	2,728	58.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Templemars	59	288 km NE	3,669	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Lezennes	59	294 km NE	2,978	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Emmerin	59	286 km NE	3,026	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Sangatte	62	245 km NE	4,668	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Venette	60	231 km E	2,758	70	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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