Grandcamp-Maisy

Calvados · CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom · INSEE 14312

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

Partly served 46.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Grandcamp-Maisy (INSEE 14312) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom. Population 1,522 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/14312-grandcamp-maisy

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 11,527 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.89	20	17.76
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.31	10	3.09
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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 PETITS DELICES · ODELICESDELAURINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL LETOUSEY PASCAL ET CATHY). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

3 × Fishmonger (POURTIER SARL · MADELAINE). ^[3,4]

15 × Restaurant (WAGNER ET ASSOCIES · RESTAURANT DE LA MAREE · LE DEBARCADERE · LA FREGATE). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CAFE DU PORT · LA P'TITE CALE). ^[4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BESNARD). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GRANDCAMP MAISY LPA AP). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS). ^[3]

2 × Bank (BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (LE COMPTOIR DU COIFFEUR · LE SALON DE COIFFURE DE LA ROSE DES VENTS). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

4 × Campsite (LE PONT DU HABLE · CAMPING LA FERME DU COLOMBIER · LE JONCAL · CAMPING GCU DE GRANDCAMP-MAISY). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	AUX PETITS DELICES · ODELICESDELAURINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL LETOUSEY PASCAL ET CATHY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	3	POURTIER SARL · MADELAINE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Restaurant	15	WAGNER ET ASSOCIES · RESTAURANT DE LA MAREE · LE DEBARCADERE · LA FREGATE	INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4]
Café / bar	3	CAFE DU PORT · LA P'TITE CALE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BESNARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	GRANDCAMP MAISY LPA AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE OMNISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST · BANQUE POPULAIRE GRAND OUEST	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	4	LE COMPTOIR DU COIFFEUR · LE SALON DE COIFFURE DE LA ROSE DES VENTS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	4	LE PONT DU HABLE · CAMPING LA FERME DU COLOMBIER · LE JONCAL · CAMPING GCU DE GRANDCAMP-MAISY	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,880 peak 1990: 1,881 2023: 1,522 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,769 (2012) → 1,522 (2023): -14 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,881 (1990) → 1,522 (2023): -19.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,037, of which 54.7 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 5.5 km SE 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 (Grandcamp-Maisy): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Grandcamp-Maisy): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Cambe): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Grandcamp-Maisy): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Grandcamp-Maisy): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 19.2

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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

Measured at the ENGLESQUEVILLE weather station, 6.1 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 7 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PORT EN BESSIN, 19.9 km away at 68 m, over 13 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 61 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ENGLESQUEVILLE, 6.1 km away at 38 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14312/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14312/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14312/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14312/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14312
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14124
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
Saint-Jean-de-Sixt	74	678 km SE	1,561	61.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Xonrupt-Longemer	88	602 km E	1,479	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Montmartin-sur-Mer	50	57 km SW	1,425	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Lézardrieux	22	165 km SW	1,623	48.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Treignac	19	478 km SE	1,256	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 47 %
Ault	80	196 km NE	1,346	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montmartin-sur-Mer	50	57 km SW	1,425	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Lézardrieux	22	165 km SW	1,623	48.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Ault	80	196 km NE	1,346	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Treignac	19	478 km SE	1,256	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 47 %
Xonrupt-Longemer	88	602 km E	1,479	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-de-Sixt	74	678 km SE	1,561	61.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Grandcamp-Maisy'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
Montmartin-sur-Mer	50	57 km SW	1,425	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Ault	80	196 km NE	1,346	47.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Le Crotoy	80	212 km NE	1,958	61.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
L'Épine	85	283 km S	1,636	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Cayeux-sur-Mer	80	202 km NE	2,316	59.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Ambleteuse	62	246 km NE	2,033	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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