Fontenay-le-Pesnel

Calvados · CC Seulles Terre et Mer · INSEE 14278

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

Partly served 40.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fontenay-le-Pesnel (INSEE 14278) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Seulles Terre et Mer. Population 1,258 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 12,938 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.89	10	8.95
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PISTOLES ET GOURMANDISES). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (COCCI MARKET). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA PATAPIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ESPERANCE). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (FONTENAY LE PESNEL RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (L K Y). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	PISTOLES ET GOURMANDISES	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	COCCI MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LA PATAPIZZA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'ESPERANCE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE 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	1	FONTENAY LE PESNEL RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	L K Y	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: 475 2023: 1,258 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,054 (2012) → 1,258 (2023): 19.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 902 (1990) → 1,258 (2023): 39.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 485, of which 1.6 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.1 km WBakery — 3.4 km WPharmacy — 5.5 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 (Tilly-sur-Seulles): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fontenay-le-Pesnel): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Tilly-sur-Seulles): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Val d'Arry): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Fontenay-le-Pesnel): 0.1 km to the north (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. ^[11]

Measured at the CAEN-CARPIQUET weather station, 8.9 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 88 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 8.9 km away at 67 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 8.9 km away at 67 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14278/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14278/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14278/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14278/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14692
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14278
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14475
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
Longecourt-en-Plaine	21	478 km SE	1,177	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Marlieux	01	546 km SE	1,185	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 55 %
Saint-Félix-de-Lodez	34	686 km SE	1,135	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Domart-en-Ponthieu	80	219 km NE	1,081	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Les Rairies	49	171 km S	1,041	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Gros-Réderching	57	567 km E	1,266	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Rairies	49	171 km S	1,041	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Domart-en-Ponthieu	80	219 km NE	1,081	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Longecourt-en-Plaine	21	478 km SE	1,177	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Marlieux	01	546 km SE	1,185	48.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 55 %
Gros-Réderching	57	567 km E	1,266	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Félix-de-Lodez	34	686 km SE	1,135	47.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Fontenay-le-Pesnel'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
Domart-en-Ponthieu	80	219 km NE	1,081	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Trédion	56	213 km SW	1,400	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Trévé	22	195 km SW	1,681	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Robecq	62	275 km NE	1,328	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Andel	22	164 km SW	1,180	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Killem	59	300 km NE	1,164	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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