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Escoville

Calvados · CC Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge · INSEE 14246

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 32.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Escoville (INSEE 14246) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Normandie-Cabourg-Pays d'Auge. Population 920 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/14246-escoville

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 14,860 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.98109.77
Housing mix0.9854.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (TASCA LUSA). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES VERNE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE A DOMICILE ANGELIQUE). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1TASCA LUSAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE JULES VERNEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1COIFFURE A DOMICILE ANGELIQUEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 417 2023: 920 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 751 (2012) → 920 (2023): 22.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 623 (1990) → 920 (2023): 47.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 396, of which 1 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.1 km N (Hérouvillette)Food shop — 1.2 km N (Hérouvillette)GP — 2.8 km NW (Ranville)Pharmacy — 2.9 km NW (Ranville)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.1 km NFood shop — 1.2 km NGP — 2.8 km NWPharmacy — 2.9 km NW 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 (Hérouvillette): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Hérouvillette): 1.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Ranville): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Ranville): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Escoville): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the SALLENELLES weather station, 6 km away at 7 m; the village itself is at 22 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 16.2 km away at 67 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 733 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at SALLENELLES, 6 km away at 7 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14246/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14246/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14246/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14246/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14328
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14530
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14246
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Odars31648 km S91636Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Jolivet54497 km E88827.3Few servicesno figures
Frœningen68579 km E88132.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Éloie90551 km E95227.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Wintershouse67581 km E86932.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Aussevielle64651 km S86432.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 14 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Jolivet54497 km E88827.3Few servicesno figures
Éloie90551 km E95227.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Frœningen68579 km E88132.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Wintershouse67581 km E86932.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Odars31648 km S91636Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 96 % · humidity 64 %
Aussevielle64651 km S86432.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Escoville'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Trinité-du-Mont7668 km NE95124.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Lozinghem62244 km NE1,25618.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Drouvin-le-Marais62250 km NE62225Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Péronne-en-Mélantois59287 km NE1,02523.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Sotteville-sous-le-Val76100 km E81231.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Mondrainville1422 km W59425.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %