Moulins-en-Bessin

Calvados · CC Seulles Terre et Mer · INSEE 14406

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

Few services 20.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Moulins-en-Bessin (INSEE 14406) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Seulles Terre et Mer. Population 1,125 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 3 former communes: Coulombs (14186), Cully (14212), Rucqueville (14548). ^[3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 5 % of the 13,644 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	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.88	10	8.82
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

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

1 × Hairdresser (AMELIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). ^[4,5]

1 × Campsite (LES CASTELS CHÂTEAU DE MARTRAGNY). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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)	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	1	AMELIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	1	LES CASTELS CHÂTEAU DE MARTRAGNY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 613 peak 2017: 1,171 2023: 1,125 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,086 (2012) → 1,125 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 814 (1990) → 1,125 (2023): 38.2 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 479, of which 4.2 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.2 km EGP — 2.4 km NEBakery — 4.9 km NEFood shop — 5.5 km NEPharmacy — 5.8 km NE 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): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Creully sur Seulles): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Pharmacy (Creully sur Seulles): 5.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Moulins-en-Bessin): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.1

Days at or below 0 °C 15.1▸

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BAYEUX weather station, 9 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 67 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 12.7 km away at 67 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 835 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT VIGOR, 8.2 km away at 33 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 — 14406/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14406/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14406/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14406/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14200
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14406
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
Berneuil	17	401 km S	1,169	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Sulpice	60	197 km E	1,079	18.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Barret	16	419 km S	1,080	17.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %
Lonrai	61	99 km SE	1,062	18.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Bouquetot	27	101 km E	1,071	20.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 49 %
Jourgnac	87	415 km S	1,109	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lonrai	61	99 km SE	1,062	18.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Bouquetot	27	101 km E	1,071	20.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 49 %
Saint-Sulpice	60	197 km E	1,079	18.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Berneuil	17	401 km S	1,169	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %
Jourgnac	87	415 km S	1,109	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Barret	16	419 km S	1,080	17.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 76 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Moulins-en-Bessin'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
Teurthéville-Hague	50	90 km NW	1,037	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Tollevast	50	83 km NW	1,654	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Bellinghem	62	257 km NE	1,062	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Sommervieu	14	6.7 km NW	987	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie	85	294 km S	1,234	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Heuqueville	76	67 km NE	717	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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