Hermanville-sur-Mer

Calvados · CU Caen la Mer · INSEE 14325

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

Few services 37/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hermanville-sur-Mer (INSEE 14325) is in Calvados (14), part of CU Caen la Mer. Population 3,323 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/14325-hermanville-sur-mer

Vitality score

Vitality score 37/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 13 % of the 6,534 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	0.28	25	6.97
Social	0.31	20	6.15
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.31	10	3.07
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.39	5	1.97

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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) (LA CROUSTILLANE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE BALLEROY). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LSK DISTRIBUTION · VIVECO). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (SDF JEANNE VINCENT ET DENIS - ARMEMENT LE ST ANDRE IRENE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CAFFE E GELATO). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA PERGOLA). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE ARGAUD, MÉDECIN · MARION WARDEGA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU COEUR DE BOURG). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (HERMANIVLLE VIVECO RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Swimming pool (BAIGNADE AMENAGEE). ^[3]

7 × Hairdresser (UN INSTANT POUR SOI · COM.UNE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DU CANADA). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING NORMANDIE PLAGE · CAMPING BAGATELLE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA CROUSTILLANE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE BALLEROY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LSK DISTRIBUTION · VIVECO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	SDF JEANNE VINCENT ET DENIS - ARMEMENT LE ST ANDRE IRENE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	CAFFE E GELATO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LA PERGOLA	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)	2	PHILIPPE ARGAUD, MÉDECIN · MARION WARDEGA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU COEUR DE BOURG	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	HERMANIVLLE VIVECO RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	BAIGNADE AMENAGEE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	7	UN INSTANT POUR SOI · COM.UNE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL DU CANADA	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING NORMANDIE PLAGE · CAMPING BAGATELLE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,160 2023: 3,323 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,801 (2012) → 3,323 (2023): 18.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,113 (1990) → 3,323 (2023): 57.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,308, of which 30.3 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Hermanville-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hermanville-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Hermanville-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Hermanville-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Hermanville-sur-Mer): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 27.1

Muggy days a summer 1

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the OUISTREHAM weather station, 5.1 km away at 10 m; the village itself is at 9 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BERNIERES, 10 km away at 2 m, over 23 summers. ^[9]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 5.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at OUISTREHAM, 5.1 km away at 10 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14325/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14325/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14325/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14325/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14325
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 Turbie	06	852 km SE	3,045	50.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 50 %
Port-Louis	56	285 km SW	2,608	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Donville-les-Bains	50	104 km SW	3,146	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 89 %
Vals-les-Bains	07	624 km SE	3,474	53.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Tourrettes-sur-Loup	06	837 km SE	4,165	47.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 36 %
La Motte	83	831 km SE	3,071	43	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Donville-les-Bains	50	104 km SW	3,146	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 89 %
Port-Louis	56	285 km SW	2,608	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Vals-les-Bains	07	624 km SE	3,474	53.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 3 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
La Motte	83	831 km SE	3,071	43	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
Tourrettes-sur-Loup	06	837 km SE	4,165	47.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 36 %
La Turbie	06	852 km SE	3,045	50.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 50 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Hermanville-sur-Mer'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
Port-Louis	56	285 km SW	2,608	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Allennes-les-Marais	59	272 km NE	3,545	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Burbure	62	243 km NE	2,834	60	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Gestel	56	283 km SW	2,601	61.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Wizernes	62	241 km NE	3,321	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Coulomb	35	135 km SW	2,969	62.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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