Méry-Bissières-en-Auge

Calvados · CA Lisieux Normandie · INSEE 14410

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 41.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Méry-Bissières-en-Auge (INSEE 14410) is in Calvados (14), part of CA Lisieux Normandie. Population 1,082 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 1 former commune: Bissières (14075). ^[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 41.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 13,848 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	9.84
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.55	10	5.47
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU BON PAIN CHAUD DE MERY). ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA MAISON LETOURNEUR). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE RELAIS DU LION D'OR). ^[4,5]

2 × Restaurant (YANSEVE14 · CALI'S TRAITEUR). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (LE COMPTOIR). ^[5]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (MERY CORBON AP). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (SALON DE COIFFURE CELINE). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AU BON PAIN CHAUD DE MERY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA MAISON LETOURNEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE RELAIS DU LION D'OR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	YANSEVE14 · CALI'S TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Café / bar	1	LE COMPTOIR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	MERY CORBON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	SALON DE COIFFURE CELINE	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	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: 653 peak 2012: 1,200 2023: 1,082 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,200 (2012) → 1,082 (2023): -9.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,033 (1990) → 1,082 (2023): 4.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 516, of which 4.7 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 5.9 km WPharmacy — 5.9 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 (Méry-Bissières-en-Auge): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Méry-Bissières-en-Auge): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Argences): 5.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Argences): 5.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Méry-Bissières-en-Auge): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.7

Days at or below 0 °C 48.5

Muggy days a summer 4

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MEZIDON-CANON weather station, 5 km away at 35 m; the village itself is at 18 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CAMBREMER, 9.3 km away at 125 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 107 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 772 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MEZIDON-CANON, 5 km away at 35 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 — 14410/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14410/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14410/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14410/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14410
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14020
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
Saint-Gondon	45	251 km SE	1,038	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Agen-d'Aveyron	12	571 km SE	1,116	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Villiers-sur-Loir	41	168 km SE	1,105	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Viels-Maisons	02	255 km E	1,192	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Clair-sur-Epte	95	129 km E	964	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Lignières-de-Touraine	37	207 km S	1,318	42.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Clair-sur-Epte	95	129 km E	964	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Villiers-sur-Loir	41	168 km SE	1,105	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Lignières-de-Touraine	37	207 km S	1,318	42.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gondon	45	251 km SE	1,038	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Viels-Maisons	02	255 km E	1,192	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 %
Agen-d'Aveyron	12	571 km SE	1,116	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Méry-Bissières-en-Auge'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
Tacoignières	78	133 km E	1,219	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Malô-du-Bois	85	252 km S	1,612	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Origny-en-Thiérache	02	308 km E	1,354	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Maisoncelles-en-Brie	77	226 km E	977	48.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger	51	300 km E	988	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Verzy	51	309 km E	961	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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