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Maisons

Calvados · CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom · INSEE 14391

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 13.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Maisons (INSEE 14391) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom. Population 435 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/14391-maisons

Vitality score

Vitality score 13.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 11 % of the 17,955 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.75107.54
Housing mix0.7953.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 271 2023: 435 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 390 (2012) → 435 (2023): 11.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 347 (1990) → 435 (2023): 25.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 207, of which 10.6 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 2.5 km N (Port-en-Bessin-Huppain)Food shop — 2.8 km N (Port-en-Bessin-Huppain)Pharmacy — 2.9 km N (Port-en-Bessin-Huppain)Primary school — 3.0 km N (Port-en-Bessin-Huppain)Bakery — 3.4 km N (Port-en-Bessin-Huppain)
GP — 2.5 km NFood shop — 2.8 km NPharmacy — 2.9 km NPrimary school — 3.0 km NBakery — 3.4 km N 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 (Port-en-Bessin-Huppain): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Port-en-Bessin-Huppain): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Port-en-Bessin-Huppain): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Port-en-Bessin-Huppain): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Port-en-Bessin-Huppain): 3 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the PORT EN BESSIN weather station, 4 km away at 68 m; the village itself is at 22 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at PORT EN BESSIN, 4 km away at 68 m, over 13 summers. [9]

An average of 787 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at PORT EN BESSIN, 4 km away at 68 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14391/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14391/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14391/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14391/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14515
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Moléans28206 km SE4338.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Sausseuzemare-en-Caux7688 km NE42512.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 74 %
Givraines45263 km SE42314No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 59 %
Trizay-Coutretot-Saint-Serge28164 km SE4309.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Bessamorel43592 km SE43216.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Lison1423 km W4519.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lison1423 km W4519.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Sausseuzemare-en-Caux7688 km NE42512.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 74 %
Trizay-Coutretot-Saint-Serge28164 km SE4309.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Moléans28206 km SE4338.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Givraines45263 km SE42314No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 59 %
Bessamorel43592 km SE43216.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Maisons'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Hervé22192 km SW42511.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bérigny5024 km SW44213.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Sauchay76155 km NE45411.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bellengreville76156 km NE46712.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
La Vendelée5059 km SW45914.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Hottot-les-Bagues1420 km S45212.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %