Esson

Calvados · CC Cingal-Suisse Normande · INSEE 14251

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

Few services 24.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Esson (INSEE 14251) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Cingal-Suisse Normande. Population 576 (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/14251-esson

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 17,292 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (NAD COIFF A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

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]

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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	NAD COIFF A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

1968: 304 2023: 576 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 497 (2012) → 576 (2023): 15.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 297 (1990) → 576 (2023): 93.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 237, of which 3.4 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.2 km NWGP — 2.9 km NWPharmacy — 3.0 km NWBakery — 3.1 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 (Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Esson): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.3

Days at or below 0 °C 41

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the FRESNEY LE VIEU weather station, 7.6 km away at 175 m; the village itself is at 169 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST SYLVAIN_SAPC, 19.3 km away at 62 m, over 14 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 107 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 830 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FRESNEY LE VIEU, 7.6 km away at 175 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14251/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14251/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14251/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14251/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14689
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
Flexanville	78	161 km E	576	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Barinque	64	618 km S	580	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 43 %
Colomby	50	93 km NW	569	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Chaussoy-Epagny	80	219 km NE	570	18.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Serres-Sainte-Marie	64	617 km S	581	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 81 % · humidity 14 %
Jonquières	60	236 km E	588	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Colomby	50	93 km NW	569	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Flexanville	78	161 km E	576	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Chaussoy-Epagny	80	219 km NE	570	18.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Jonquières	60	236 km E	588	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Serres-Sainte-Marie	64	617 km S	581	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 81 % · humidity 14 %
Barinque	64	618 km S	580	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Esson'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
Colomby	50	93 km NW	569	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Jonquières	60	236 km E	588	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Miserey	27	126 km E	589	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Graimbouville	76	89 km NE	604	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Tubersent	62	232 km NE	578	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Romescamps	60	184 km NE	560	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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