Val d'Arry

Calvados · CC Pré-Bocage Intercom · INSEE 14475

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

Partly served 47.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Val d'Arry (INSEE 14475) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Pré-Bocage Intercom. Population 2,496 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2017-01-01 from 3 former communes: Le Locheur (14373), Missy (14432), Tournay-sur-Odon (14702). ^[3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/14475-val-d-arry

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 8,259 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.93	10	9.34
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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). ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL BELLOT-VAL). ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant. ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (NUL BAR AILLEURS). ^[5]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DAMIEN COTTENCEAU, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE DERULE, MÉDECIN · NOEMIE FAUCHEUX, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE NOYERS BOCAGE SARL). ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VAL D ARRY AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (LE BUS DU BARBIER). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[5,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL BELLOT-VAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Café / bar	1	NUL BAR AILLEURS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	DAMIEN COTTENCEAU, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE DERULE, MÉDECIN · NOEMIE FAUCHEUX, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE NOYERS BOCAGE SARL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	VAL D ARRY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	LE BUS DU BARBIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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: 1,256 2023: 2,496 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,276 (2012) → 2,496 (2023): 9.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,741 (1990) → 2,496 (2023): 43.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,059, of which 1.8 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 5.3 km SE 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 (Évrecy): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Val d'Arry): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Val d'Arry): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Val d'Arry): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Val d'Arry): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4

Days at or below 0 °C 31.3

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CAEN-CARPIQUET weather station, 10.3 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 128 m. ^[11]

The village sits 61 m above 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 10.3 km away at 67 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 61 m below 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 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTIGNY, 8.9 km away at 151 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 — 14475/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14475/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14475/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14475/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14257
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14475
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
La Couture	62	286 km NE	2,590	54.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Nomain	59	314 km NE	2,651	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Brix	50	87 km NW	2,165	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon	43	561 km SE	2,688	59.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Valdivienne	86	304 km S	2,715	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Couffé	44	200 km S	2,535	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brix	50	87 km NW	2,165	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Couffé	44	200 km S	2,535	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
La Couture	62	286 km NE	2,590	54.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Valdivienne	86	304 km S	2,715	53.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Nomain	59	314 km NE	2,651	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon	43	561 km SE	2,688	59.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 30 % · 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 Val d'Arry'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
Nomain	59	314 km NE	2,651	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Brix	50	87 km NW	2,165	53.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Taupont	56	189 km SW	2,428	49	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Rédené	29	255 km SW	3,043	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Plumelec	56	209 km SW	2,754	68	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Le Faouët	56	247 km SW	2,814	66.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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