Olendon

Calvados · CC du Pays de Falaise · INSEE 14476

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

No daily shops 19/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 59 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Olendon (INSEE 14476) is in Calvados (14), part of CC du Pays de Falaise. Population 190 (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 19/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 15,694 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.53	10	5.27
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 160 peak 2012: 193 2023: 190 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 193 (2012) → 190 (2023): -1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 185 (1990) → 190 (2023): 2.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 89, of which 4.5 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.6 km EFood shop — 4.1 km NWGP — 5.0 km WPharmacy — 5.1 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 (Perrières): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ouilly-le-Tesson): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Potigny): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Potigny): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Olendon): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7

Days at or below 0 °C 26.8

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DAMBLAINVILLE weather station, 4.8 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 111 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at DAMBLAINVILLE, 4.8 km away at 155 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

An average of 717 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SASSY, 3.2 km away at 62 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14476/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14476/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14476/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14476/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14497
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14486
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14516
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14476
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
Hellering-lès-Fénétrange	57	529 km E	186	20	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %
Hautbos	60	165 km NE	187	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Vasseny	02	269 km E	197	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Wavrans-sur-Ternoise	62	240 km NE	197	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Béhéricourt	60	245 km E	192	18.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Ségura	09	675 km S	199	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hautbos	60	165 km NE	187	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Wavrans-sur-Ternoise	62	240 km NE	197	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Béhéricourt	60	245 km E	192	18.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Vasseny	02	269 km E	197	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 %
Hellering-lès-Fénétrange	57	529 km E	186	20	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %
Ségura	09	675 km S	199	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Olendon'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
Wavrans-sur-Ternoise	62	240 km NE	197	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Aubéguimont	76	163 km NE	186	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Haut-Loquin	62	250 km NE	189	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Clenleu	62	227 km NE	186	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Le Wast	62	244 km NE	203	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Grébault-Mesnil	80	180 km NE	204	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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