Laize-Clinchamps

Identity

Laize-Clinchamps (INSEE 14349) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Vallées de l'Orne et de l'Odon. Population 2,155 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 1 former commune: Clinchamps-sur-Orne (14164). ^[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/14349-laize-clinchamps

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 9,124 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.

Services

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE BRASILLE). ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (MAB RECEPTION). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (LE DELTA). ^[5]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

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

2 × Library (ESPACE BIBLIOTHÈQUE LAIZE BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LAIZE-CLINCHAMPS · ESPACE BIBLIOTHÈQUE CLINCHAMPS BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE LAIZE-CLINCHAMPS). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (FERNANDES MANUELLA). ^[4,5]

1 × Campsite. ^[4,5]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,753 (2012) → 2,155 (2023): 22.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,151 (1990) → 2,155 (2023): 87.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 843, of which 0.8 % second homes and 2.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Laize-Clinchamps): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Fontenay-le-Marmion): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Fontenay-le-Marmion): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Martin-de-May): 1.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Laize-Clinchamps): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the FRESNEY LE VIEU weather station, 8 km away at 175 m; the village itself is at 28 m. ^[12]

The village sits 147 m below 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST SYLVAIN_SAPC, 11 km away at 62 m, over 14 summers. ^[12]

An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at FONTENAY LE MAR, 2.2 km away at 58 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14349/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14349/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14349/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14349/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14349
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14277
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14408
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024