Hermival-les-Vaux

Calvados · CA Lisieux Normandie · INSEE 14326

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 29.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hermival-les-Vaux (INSEE 14326) is in Calvados (14), part of CA Lisieux Normandie. Population 861 (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/14326-hermival-les-vaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 35 % of the 15,217 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.78	10	7.79
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA PAGODE D'ASIE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	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	1	LA PAGODE D'ASIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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: 395 2023: 861 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 841 (2012) → 861 (2023): 2.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 673 (1990) → 861 (2023): 27.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 403, of which 5 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.7 km SFood shop — 2.7 km SGP — 3.2 km SWPharmacy — 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 (Glos): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lisieux): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lisieux): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Lisieux): 3.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Hermival-les-Vaux): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.4

Days at or below 0 °C 41.9

Muggy days a summer 3.3

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LISIEUX_SAPC weather station, 4 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 67 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CAMBREMER, 17.7 km away at 125 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 58 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 882 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LISIEUX_SAPC, 4 km away at 62 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 — 14326/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14326/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14326/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14326/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14303
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14366
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14326
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
Négreville	50	137 km W	845	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Écrosnes	28	127 km SE	869	28.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Salency	60	206 km E	897	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Orbeil	63	460 km SE	883	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Émancé	78	124 km SE	872	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Porchères	33	461 km S	887	30	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Émancé	78	124 km SE	872	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Écrosnes	28	127 km SE	869	28.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Négreville	50	137 km W	845	30.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Salency	60	206 km E	897	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Orbeil	63	460 km SE	883	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Porchères	33	461 km S	887	30	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Hermival-les-Vaux'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
Salency	60	206 km E	897	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Émancé	78	124 km SE	872	29.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Pécy	77	212 km E	849	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Vendeuvre	14	33 km SW	800	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Augustin	62	219 km NE	880	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Denis-lès-Rebais	77	217 km E	966	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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