Moulines

Identity

Moulines (INSEE 14455) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Cingal-Suisse Normande. Population 272 (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/14455-moulines

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 17,579 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.

Services

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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 250 (2012) → 272 (2023): 8.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 216 (1990) → 272 (2023): 25.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 106, of which 1.9 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Germain-le-Vasson): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cesny-les-Sources): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gouvix): 6.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Potigny): 7.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Barbery): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the FRESNEY LE VIEU weather station, 4.1 km away at 175 m; the village itself is at 122 m. ^[13]

The village sits 53 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ST SYLVAIN_SAPC, 11.1 km away at 62 m, over 14 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 60 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 830 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at FRESNEY LE VIEU, 4.1 km away at 175 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

22 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 173,350 € — 1,039 € per m² of built surface. ^[14]

The median across Calvados is 2,026 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[14]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14455/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14455/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14455/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14455/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14589
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14150
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14309
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14516
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14039
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025