Grainville-sur-Odon

Calvados · CC Vallées de l'Orne et de l'Odon · INSEE 14311

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

Few services 25.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Grainville-sur-Odon (INSEE 14311) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Vallées de l'Orne et de l'Odon. Population 1,105 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/14311-grainville-sur-odon

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 13,745 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.92	10	9.18
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE CLAIRE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (BLABLA COIFF' · PRISCILIA COIFFURE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE CLAIRE	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	2	BLABLA COIFF' · PRISCILIA COIFFURE A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 226 2023: 1,105 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 955 (2012) → 1,105 (2023): 15.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 779 (1990) → 1,105 (2023): 41.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 421, of which 0.7 % second homes and 2.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 1.6 km EFood shop — 1.9 km EBakery — 3.1 km NGP — 3.5 km SW 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 (Thue et Mue): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tourville-sur-Odon): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Val d'Arry): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Tourville-sur-Odon): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Grainville-sur-Odon): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the CAEN-CARPIQUET weather station, 7 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 97 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 7 km away at 67 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 7 km away at 67 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 — 14311/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14311/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14311/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14311/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14098
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14707
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14475
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14311
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
La Celle-sur-Morin	77	258 km E	1,235	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Aviron	27	120 km E	1,096	15.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Sotteville-sous-le-Val	76	122 km E	812	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Cuvry	57	487 km E	1,096	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Lavault-Sainte-Anne	03	392 km SE	1,139	16.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Rouvres	77	236 km E	1,038	22.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aviron	27	120 km E	1,096	15.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Sotteville-sous-le-Val	76	122 km E	812	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Rouvres	77	236 km E	1,038	22.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
La Celle-sur-Morin	77	258 km E	1,235	23.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Lavault-Sainte-Anne	03	392 km SE	1,139	16.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Cuvry	57	487 km E	1,096	29.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Grainville-sur-Odon'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
Sotteville-sous-le-Val	76	122 km E	812	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Lozinghem	62	266 km NE	1,256	18.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Trinité-du-Mont	76	90 km NE	951	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Fontenay	76	70 km NE	1,766	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Baron-sur-Odon	14	3.7 km E	1,154	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Wicres	59	291 km NE	581	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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