Fresné-la-Mère

Calvados · CC du Pays de Falaise · INSEE 14289

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

Few services 38.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fresné-la-Mère (INSEE 14289) is in Calvados (14), part of CC du Pays de Falaise. Population 566 (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 38.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,371 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.83	10	8.32
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.76

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

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

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DELICES DE FRESNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (MAIRIE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	2	AUX DELICES DE FRESNE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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

1968: 303 peak 2017: 604 2023: 566 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 590 (2012) → 566 (2023): -4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 425 (1990) → 566 (2023): 33.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 247, of which 2.4 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 0.7 km SWGP — 4.7 km NEPharmacy — 4.7 km NEFood shop — 5.0 km W 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 (Fresné-la-Mère): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Falaise): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Morteaux-Coulibœuf): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Morteaux-Coulibœuf): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Fresné-la-Mère): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.2

Days at or below 0 °C 23.1

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DAMBLAINVILLE weather station, 4.1 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 92 m. ^[11]

The village sits 63 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at DAMBLAINVILLE, 4.1 km away at 155 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 63 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 742 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FRESNE LA MERE, 0.4 km away at 74 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 — 14289/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14289/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14289/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14289/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14289
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14258
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14452
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
Le Breuil	69	487 km SE	533	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Trouville-Alliquerville	76	92 km NE	608	34.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Montigny-aux-Amognes	58	328 km SE	621	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Béon	89	275 km E	519	36.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Languédias	22	164 km W	563	34	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Fréterive	73	603 km SE	640	37.8	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Trouville-Alliquerville	76	92 km NE	608	34.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Languédias	22	164 km W	563	34	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Béon	89	275 km E	519	36.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Montigny-aux-Amognes	58	328 km SE	621	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Le Breuil	69	487 km SE	533	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Fréterive	73	603 km SE	640	37.8	Few services	no figures

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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 Fresné-la-Mère'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
Précey	50	98 km W	559	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Lottinghen	62	248 km NE	544	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Hermaville	62	251 km NE	529	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rieul	22	176 km W	551	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Malhoure	22	183 km W	626	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Surques	62	252 km NE	624	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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