Les Monceaux

Calvados · CA Lisieux Normandie · INSEE 14435

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

Few services 22/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Monceaux (INSEE 14435) is in Calvados (14), part of CA Lisieux Normandie. Population 198 (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 22/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 69 % of the 15,873 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.85	10	8.47
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (OH MY SOUP). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	1	OH MY SOUP	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 125 2023: 198 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 179 (2012) → 198 (2023): 10.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 147 (1990) → 198 (2023): 34.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 102, of which 10.8 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 2.3 km NPrimary school — 2.5 km NFood shop — 4.0 km WPharmacy — 6.1 km SWGP — 6.2 km SW 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 (La Boissière): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cambremer): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mézidon Vallée d'Auge): 6.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Mézidon Vallée d'Auge): 6.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Boissière): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.8

Days at or below 0 °C 31.2

Muggy days a summer 2.9

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CAMBREMER weather station, 7.8 km away at 125 m; the village itself is at 172 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CAMBREMER, 7.8 km away at 125 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

An average of 747 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CAMBREMER, 7.8 km away at 125 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

11 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 211,000 € — 1,013 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Calvados is 2,026 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

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 — 14435/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14435/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14435/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14435/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14082
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14126
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14431
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
Montmirey-le-Château	39	452 km SE	198	26.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 50 %
Champlecy	71	425 km SE	200	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 32 % · humidity 86 %
Léry	21	388 km SE	204	15	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Lettret	05	685 km SE	196	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Rebreuve-sur-Canche	62	204 km NE	190	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Champcenest	77	235 km E	205	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rebreuve-sur-Canche	62	204 km NE	190	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Champcenest	77	235 km E	205	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Léry	21	388 km SE	204	15	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Champlecy	71	425 km SE	200	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 32 % · humidity 86 %
Montmirey-le-Château	39	452 km SE	198	26.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 36 % · winter 50 %
Lettret	05	685 km SE	196	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · 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 Les Monceaux'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
Rebreuve-sur-Canche	62	204 km NE	190	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Trungy	14	63 km W	209	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Criquetot-sur-Longueville	76	100 km NE	221	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Agenvillers	80	175 km NE	215	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Le Theil-en-Auge	14	27 km N	199	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Manéhouville	76	105 km NE	211	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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