Ponts sur Seulles

Calvados · CC Seulles Terre et Mer · INSEE 14355

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

Few services 24/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ponts sur Seulles (INSEE 14355) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Seulles Terre et Mer. Population 1,212 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 2 former communes: Amblie (14008), Tierceville (14690). ^[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/14355-ponts-sur-seulles

Vitality score

Vitality score 24/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 10 % of the 13,138 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.73	10	7.28
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar. ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (MAIRIE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE LANTHEUIL). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	MAIRIE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE LANTHEUIL	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 762 2023: 1,212 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,094 (2012) → 1,212 (2023): 10.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 987 (1990) → 1,212 (2023): 22.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 548, of which 7.5 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 1.0 km NEFood shop — 1.9 km NWPharmacy — 2.4 km NWBakery — 2.5 km NWGP — 4.0 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 (Creully sur Seulles): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Creully sur Seulles): 1.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Creully sur Seulles): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Creully sur Seulles): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Ponts sur Seulles): 1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 18.5▸

Muggy days a summer 1

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BERNIERES weather station, 9.9 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 38 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BERNIERES, 9.9 km away at 2 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 696 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BERNIERES, 9.9 km away at 2 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 — 14355/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14355/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14355/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14355/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14200
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14355
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
Brens	01	611 km SE	1,123	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Poncins	42	528 km SE	1,318	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Perreux	56	213 km SW	1,086	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Tréglamus	22	216 km W	1,096	26.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Orcier	74	618 km SE	1,079	26.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Malo-de-Phily	35	180 km SW	1,081	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Malo-de-Phily	35	180 km SW	1,081	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Perreux	56	213 km SW	1,086	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Tréglamus	22	216 km W	1,096	26.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Poncins	42	528 km SE	1,318	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Brens	01	611 km SE	1,123	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Orcier	74	618 km SE	1,079	26.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Ponts sur Seulles'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
Locunolé	29	263 km SW	1,177	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Orval sur Sienne	50	75 km W	1,233	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Plouvara	22	194 km SW	1,144	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Méaugon	22	190 km SW	1,320	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lanrodec	22	202 km SW	1,387	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Thiembronne	62	238 km NE	815	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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