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L'Hôtellerie

Calvados · CA Lisieux Normandie · INSEE 14334

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

Few services 23.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

L'Hôtellerie (INSEE 14334) is in Calvados (14), part of CA Lisieux Normandie. Population 313 (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/14334-l-hotellerie

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 17,885 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.94109.42
Housing mix0.954.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BRASSERIE DE L'HOTELLERIE). [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1BRASSERIE DE L'HOTELLERIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 212 peak 2012: 332 2023: 313 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 332 (2012) → 313 (2023): -5.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 217 (1990) → 313 (2023): 44.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 156, of which 5.1 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 2.5 km W (Marolles)GP — 2.9 km E (Thiberville)Bakery — 3.5 km E (Thiberville)Pharmacy — 3.5 km E (Thiberville)Food shop — 3.6 km E (Thiberville)
Primary school — 2.5 km WGP — 2.9 km EBakery — 3.5 km EPharmacy — 3.5 km EFood shop — 3.6 km E 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 (Thiberville): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Thiberville): 3.6 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Thiberville): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Thiberville): 3.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Marolles): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the LISIEUX_SAPC weather station, 13.3 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 160 m. [10]

The village sits 98 m above 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. [10]

An average of 914 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MAROLLES, 3.2 km away at 155 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14334/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14334/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14334/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14334/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27629
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14403
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chaudefontaine51325 km E31218.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
Assevillers80194 km NE31123.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 95 %
Marzens81620 km S31124.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 99 %
Oeyregave40634 km S32119.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 80 %
Brécy02220 km E31719.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 93 %
Mœurs-Verdey51243 km E31722.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Assevillers80194 km NE31123.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 95 %
Brécy02220 km E31719.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 93 %
Mœurs-Verdey51243 km E31722.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 93 %
Chaudefontaine51325 km E31218.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 %
Marzens81620 km S31124.4Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 26 % · winter 99 %
Oeyregave40634 km S32119.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 80 %

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