La Houblonnière

Calvados · CA Lisieux Normandie · INSEE 14337

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

Few services 23.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Houblonnière (INSEE 14337) is in Calvados (14), part of CA Lisieux Normandie. Population 324 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 23.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 17,979 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.8	5	4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar (LA HOUBLONNIERE). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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

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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA HOUBLONNIERE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 141 peak 2012: 335 2023: 324 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 335 (2012) → 324 (2023): -3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 211 (1990) → 324 (2023): 53.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 140, of which 10 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 1.0 km WBakery — 1.4 km WPrimary school — 2.4 km NEGP — 6.2 km SPharmacy — 6.2 km W 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 (Cambremer): 1.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cambremer): 1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mézidon Vallée d'Auge): 6.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Mézidon Vallée d'Auge): 6.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Boissière): 2.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.8

Days at or below 0 °C 31.2

Muggy days a summer 2.9

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 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CAMBREMER weather station, 4.9 km away at 125 m; the village itself is at 83 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CAMBREMER, 4.9 km away at 125 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CAMBREMER, 4.9 km away at 125 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 — 14337/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14337/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14337/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14337/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14126
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14431
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14082
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
Nantillé	17	366 km S	325	21.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Imbleville	76	90 km NE	321	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Baulay	70	460 km E	322	20	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger	53	123 km S	312	23.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 77 %
Vauchamps	51	258 km E	338	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Michel-de-Plélan	22	185 km SW	334	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Imbleville	76	90 km NE	321	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Léger	53	123 km S	312	23.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 77 %
Saint-Michel-de-Plélan	22	185 km SW	334	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Vauchamps	51	258 km E	338	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Nantillé	17	366 km S	325	21.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Baulay	70	460 km E	322	20	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %

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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 La Houblonnière'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
Imbleville	76	90 km NE	321	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Michel-de-Plélan	22	185 km SW	334	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Liercourt	80	165 km NE	327	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Lourmais	35	154 km SW	340	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Maurice-d'Ételan	76	53 km NE	284	22.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Tréméven	22	234 km W	362	20.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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