Fourches
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 16.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Fourches (INSEE 14283) is in Calvados (14), part of CC du Pays de Falaise. Population 215 (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/14283-fourches
Vitality score
Vitality score 16.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 40 % of the 16,431 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.96 | 10 | 9.63 |
| Housing mix | 0.83 | 5 | 4.17 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 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
Population 226 (2012) → 215 (2023): -4.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 147 (1990) → 215 (2023): 46.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 96, of which 8.3 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Fresné-la-Mère): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Nécy): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Morteaux-Coulibœuf): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Morteaux-Coulibœuf): 7.3 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Crocy): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the DAMBLAINVILLE weather station, 9.2 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 89 m. [12]
The village sits 66 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at DAMBLAINVILLE, 9.2 km away at 155 m, over 28 summers. [12]
That station sits 66 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 742 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at FRESNE LA MERE, 4.9 km away at 74 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14283/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14283/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14283/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14283/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14289
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 61303
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14452
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14206
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Condé-lès-Herpy | 08 | 321 km E | 218 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 72 % |
| Ourches-sur-Meuse | 55 | 424 km E | 218 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mérouville | 28 | 158 km SE | 214 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fresnes-Tilloloy | 80 | 183 km NE | 211 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rocé | 41 | 148 km SE | 218 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
| Herméville-en-Woëvre | 55 | 415 km E | 218 | 10 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocé | 41 | 148 km SE | 218 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mérouville | 28 | 158 km SE | 214 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fresnes-Tilloloy | 80 | 183 km NE | 211 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Condé-lès-Herpy | 08 | 321 km E | 218 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 72 % |
| Herméville-en-Woëvre | 55 | 415 km E | 218 | 10 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ourches-sur-Meuse | 55 | 424 km E | 218 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 20 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Fourches'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresles | 76 | 143 km NE | 222 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Érin | 62 | 241 km NE | 221 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arganchy | 14 | 64 km NW | 220 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bettencourt-Rivière | 80 | 195 km NE | 209 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Prétot-Vicquemare | 76 | 118 km NE | 228 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brainville | 50 | 107 km W | 214 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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