Lion-sur-Mer
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 52.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Lion-sur-Mer (INSEE 14365) is in Calvados (14), part of CU Caen la Mer. Population 2,486 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/14365-lion-sur-mer
Vitality score
Vitality score 52.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Supermarket).
Better served than 74 % of the 8,285 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 | 0.39 | 25 | 9.75 |
| Social | 0.79 | 20 | 15.82 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.51 | 10 | 5.13 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.69 | 10 | 6.92 |
| Housing mix | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PALET D OR). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket. [3,4]
6 × Restaurant (LA FABRIQUE COTE MER). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (LA TAVERNE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTIAN CHATELIER, MÉDECIN · RAPHAELE BERGE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LION SUR MER). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Cinema (TRIANON). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (POSTE DE SECOURS). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (MAUD HAIR'N FAMILY · ISABELLE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
2 × Hotel (LA FABRIQUE COTE MER · HÔTEL DE LION). [3,4]
3 × Campsite (CAMPING LA FERME · DOMAINE DES ROCHES · CAMPING DE L'OASIS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Supermarket, 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 2 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | AU PALET D OR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 3 | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 6 | LA FABRIQUE COTE MER | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | LA TAVERNE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | CHRISTIAN CHATELIER, MÉDECIN · RAPHAELE BERGE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE LION SUR MER | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 1 | TRIANON | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 1 | POSTE DE SECOURS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 2 | MAUD HAIR'N FAMILY · ISABELLE COIFFURE A DOMICILE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 2 | LA FABRIQUE COTE MER · HÔTEL DE LION | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 3 | CAMPING LA FERME · DOMAINE DES ROCHES · CAMPING DE L'OASIS | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 2,568 (2012) → 2,486 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,086 (1990) → 2,486 (2023): 19.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,959, of which 30.3 % second homes and 6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lion-sur-Mer): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Hermanville-sur-Mer): 1.6 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Lion-sur-Mer): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lion-sur-Mer): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Lion-sur-Mer): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the OUISTREHAM weather station, 6 km away at 10 m; the village itself is at 7 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BERNIERES, 9.2 km away at 2 m, over 23 summers. [10]
An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 5.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at OUISTREHAM, 6 km away at 10 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
170 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 285,000 € — 3,194 € per m² of built surface. [11]
52 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 157,075 € — 3,382 € per m². [11]
The median across Calvados is 2,026 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Supermarket
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14365/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14365/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14365/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14365/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14365
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14325
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bazeilles | 08 | 384 km E | 2,470 | 52.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Cyprien | 42 | 540 km SE | 2,415 | 51.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
| Colleville-Montgomery | 14 | 3.0 km SE | 2,586 | 52.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Verton | 62 | 187 km NE | 2,571 | 47.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saleux | 80 | 194 km E | 2,739 | 48.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fournes-en-Weppes | 59 | 270 km NE | 2,179 | 48.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colleville-Montgomery | 14 | 3.0 km SE | 2,586 | 52.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Verton | 62 | 187 km NE | 2,571 | 47.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saleux | 80 | 194 km E | 2,739 | 48.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fournes-en-Weppes | 59 | 270 km NE | 2,179 | 48.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bazeilles | 08 | 384 km E | 2,470 | 52.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Cyprien | 42 | 540 km SE | 2,415 | 51.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · 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 Lion-sur-Mer'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colleville-Montgomery | 14 | 3.0 km SE | 2,586 | 52.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Verton | 62 | 187 km NE | 2,571 | 47.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fournes-en-Weppes | 59 | 270 km NE | 2,179 | 48.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ambleteuse | 62 | 217 km NE | 2,033 | 51.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Houplin-Ancoisne | 59 | 276 km NE | 3,326 | 34.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Épouville | 76 | 49 km NE | 2,601 | 44 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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