Dialan sur Chaîne

Calvados · CC Pré-Bocage Intercom · INSEE 14347

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

Few services 38.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Dialan sur Chaîne (INSEE 14347) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Pré-Bocage Intercom. Population 1,006 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 1 former commune: Le Mesnil-Auzouf (14413). ^[3]

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/14347-dialan-sur-chaine

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 14,286 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.8	10	7.98
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (LA PART DU LION). ^[4,5]

3 × Café / bar (LE MONACO · BAR DE L'AMITIE · LE SELECT). ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (DIALAN SUR CHAINE AP). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	LA PART DU LION	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Café / bar	3	LE MONACO · BAR DE L'AMITIE · LE SELECT	INSEE SIRENE 3 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	DIALAN SUR CHAINE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 932 peak 2017: 1,068 2023: 1,006 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,057 (2012) → 1,006 (2023): -4.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 775 (1990) → 1,006 (2023): 29.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 489, of which 4.9 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.8 km NEPharmacy — 5.7 km NGP — 6.0 km NWBakery — 7.6 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 (Souleuvre en Bocage): 7.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Seulline): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Cahagnes): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Cahagnes): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Dialan sur Chaîne): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 26.9

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the SAINT GEORGES D weather station, 4.4 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 205 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at LIVRY, 9.2 km away at 194 m, over 15 summers. ^[13]

An average of 1,047 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at BREMOY, 4.1 km away at 240 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14347/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14347/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14347/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14347/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14061
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14579
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14120
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14347
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
Courlaoux	39	532 km SE	1,204	45.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay	79	219 km S	1,030	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 80 %
Labergement-lès-Seurre	21	489 km SE	1,006	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Herm	40	580 km S	1,185	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %
Mimbaste	40	597 km S	1,001	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 %
Montseveroux	38	587 km SE	999	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay	79	219 km S	1,030	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 80 %
Labergement-lès-Seurre	21	489 km SE	1,006	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Courlaoux	39	532 km SE	1,204	45.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Herm	40	580 km S	1,185	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 91 % · humidity 0 %
Montseveroux	38	587 km SE	999	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Mimbaste	40	597 km S	1,001	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Dialan sur Chaîne'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
Remilly Les Marais	50	42 km NW	1,062	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Amayé-sur-Orne	14	23 km E	1,079	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Bruc-sur-Aff	35	164 km SW	855	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Rémy-du-Plain	35	94 km SW	818	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Conteville	27	94 km NE	1,038	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Merzer	22	177 km W	986	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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