Fontaine-Étoupefour

Calvados · CC Vallées de l'Orne et de l'Odon · INSEE 14274

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

Partly served 54.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fontaine-Étoupefour (INSEE 14274) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Vallées de l'Orne et de l'Odon. Population 2,810 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 54.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 7,530 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.67	10	6.72
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PALETTE SUCREE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PANIER DE COULEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CALVADIS). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LMC EVENTS). ^[3,4]

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

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VALERIE BILLARD, MÉDECIN · ANNE-LISE TAVARES, MÉDECIN · DUNCAN PORTIER, MÉDECIN · HUGUES MARQUET, MÉDECIN · ERIC DESFLACHES, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

2 × Post office / agence postale (FONTAINE ETOUPEFOUR AP · FONTAINE ETOUPEFOUR CALVADIS LPP RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (CREA'TIFS · SOFY COIFFURE · LEATITIA COIFFURE · MORGANE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	PALETTE SUCREE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE PANIER DE COULEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CALVADIS	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	2	LMC EVENTS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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)	6	VALERIE BILLARD, MÉDECIN · ANNE-LISE TAVARES, MÉDECIN · DUNCAN PORTIER, MÉDECIN · HUGUES MARQUET, MÉDECIN · ERIC DESFLACHES, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE FONTAINOISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	FONTAINE ETOUPEFOUR AP · FONTAINE ETOUPEFOUR CALVADIS LPP RP	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	5	CREA'TIFS · SOFY COIFFURE · LEATITIA COIFFURE · MORGANE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 590 2023: 2,810 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,080 (2012) → 2,810 (2023): 35.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,627 (1990) → 2,810 (2023): 72.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,175, of which 1.2 % second homes and 2.2 % vacant. ^[8]

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 (Fontaine-Étoupefour): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Fontaine-Étoupefour): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fontaine-Étoupefour): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Fontaine-Étoupefour): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fontaine-Étoupefour): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Measured at the CAEN-CARPIQUET weather station, 4.2 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 65 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 4.2 km away at 67 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 4.2 km away at 67 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 — 14274/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/30/6288d3ac-ec1a-3075-bf93-65e7328036fb— “Marché hebdo”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14274/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14274/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14274/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14274
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
Saint-Jean-du-Falga	09	692 km S	2,851	58.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes	38	644 km SE	3,016	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Coquelles	62	257 km NE	2,638	74	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-la-Palud	69	533 km SE	2,616	54.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Lozanne	69	531 km SE	3,182	49.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres	10	348 km E	3,223	59.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Coquelles	62	257 km NE	2,638	74	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres	10	348 km E	3,223	59.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Lozanne	69	531 km SE	3,182	49.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Pierre-la-Palud	69	533 km SE	2,616	54.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Nazaire-les-Eymes	38	644 km SE	3,016	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-du-Falga	09	692 km S	2,851	58.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 97 % · 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 Fontaine-Étoupefour'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
Coquelles	62	257 km NE	2,638	74	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Carpiquet	14	4.8 km N	3,428	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Choisy-au-Bac	60	244 km E	3,449	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Lécousse	35	103 km SW	3,530	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Burbure	62	261 km NE	2,834	60	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Chocques	62	267 km NE	2,785	53.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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