Le Mesnil-Robert
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 20/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Le Mesnil-Robert (INSEE 14424) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Intercom de la Vire au Noireau. Population 181 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 20/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 65 % of the 15,351 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.74 | 10 | 7.4 |
| Housing mix | 0.86 | 5 | 4.31 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3]
Not found in the commune: 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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 215 (2012) → 181 (2023): -15.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 146 (1990) → 181 (2023): 24 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 87, of which 6.9 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Mesnil-Robert): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Campagnolles): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Souleuvre en Bocage): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Landelles-et-Coupigny): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Campagnolles): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the VIRE HIPPODROME weather station, 5 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 142 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at VIRE HIPPODROME, 5 km away at 100 m, over 21 summers. [12]
An average of 924 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at VIRE HIPPODROME, 5 km away at 100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
What property sold for
16 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 129,750 € — 585 € per m² of built surface. [13]
The median across Calvados is 2,026 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [13]
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
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14424/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14424/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14424/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14424/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14424
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14127
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14061
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14352
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mérélessart | 80 | 237 km NE | 183 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Germiny | 54 | 511 km E | 188 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Laneuville-au-Rupt | 55 | 480 km E | 192 | 22.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Bonneville | 50 | 68 km NW | 173 | 21 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nantoux | 21 | 472 km SE | 168 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pompierre | 88 | 492 km E | 187 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bonneville | 50 | 68 km NW | 173 | 21 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mérélessart | 80 | 237 km NE | 183 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nantoux | 21 | 472 km SE | 168 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Laneuville-au-Rupt | 55 | 480 km E | 192 | 22.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pompierre | 88 | 492 km E | 187 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 % |
| Germiny | 54 | 511 km E | 188 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Le Mesnil-Robert'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mérélessart | 80 | 237 km NE | 183 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Bonneville | 50 | 68 km NW | 173 | 21 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Maysel | 60 | 246 km E | 211 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vergies | 80 | 234 km NE | 174 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montagne-Fayel | 80 | 242 km NE | 146 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pocancy | 51 | 373 km E | 175 | 10 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
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