Fontaine-Henry

Calvados · CC Seulles Terre et Mer · INSEE 14275

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

Few services 22.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fontaine-Henry (INSEE 14275) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Seulles Terre et Mer. Population 528 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 22.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 17,619 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.68	10	6.79
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.5

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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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) (MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE). ^[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. ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	MAIRIE	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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 370 2023: 528 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 484 (2012) → 528 (2023): 9.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 448 (1990) → 528 (2023): 17.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 242, of which 5 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.0 km SPharmacy — 2.0 km SFood shop — 2.1 km SGP — 2.2 km S 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 (Thaon): 2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Thaon): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Thaon): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Thaon): 2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Fontaine-Henry): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 18.5▸

Muggy days a summer 1

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BERNIERES weather station, 6.6 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 30 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at BERNIERES, 6.6 km away at 2 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 696 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BERNIERES, 6.6 km away at 2 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

33 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 254,500 € — 2,431 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Calvados is 2,026 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14275/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14275/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14275/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14275/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14685
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14275
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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-Maurice-en-Rivière	71	488 km SE	532	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Vaux-sur-Vienne	86	274 km S	538	20.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Lagarde	65	665 km S	530	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %
Carcarès-Sainte-Croix	40	605 km S	533	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 50 %
Boz	01	512 km SE	513	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 41 %
Plou	18	318 km SE	527	22.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vaux-sur-Vienne	86	274 km S	538	20.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Plou	18	318 km SE	527	22.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Maurice-en-Rivière	71	488 km SE	532	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Boz	01	512 km SE	513	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 41 %
Carcarès-Sainte-Croix	40	605 km S	533	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 50 %
Lagarde	65	665 km S	530	22.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 61 % · humidity 36 %

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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-Henry'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
Ouve-Wirquin	62	241 km NE	493	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Parenty	62	218 km NE	559	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Foy	76	129 km NE	622	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lothey	29	289 km SW	424	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Verlincthun	62	214 km NE	516	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Guiler-sur-Goyen	29	319 km SW	520	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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