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Orbec

Calvados · CA Lisieux Normandie · INSEE 14478

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

Served 71.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Orbec (INSEE 14478) is in Calvados (14), part of CA Lisieux Normandie. Population 1,975 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/14478-orbec

Vitality score

Vitality score 71.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).

Better served than 99 % of the 9,706 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.762518.95
Social0.952019
Education0.63106.32
Health0.75107.48
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.25102.48
Housing mix0.8754.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 of 3
Lodging 1 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. [3,4]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU PETRIN GOURMAND · MARIE · CHOU & COMPAGNIE · LE PALAIS GOURMAND). [3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (ROTISSERIE VALLEE D'AUGE · CHEZ VICTOR). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA MAISON DE L'ORBIQUET · LES COMPTOIRS DE PIERRE). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3]

8 × Restaurant (COSKUN MERYEM · TOURIST BAR · DES BULLES ET DES CREPES). [3,4]

5 × Café / bar (LE PETIT ZINC · LA CIVETTE). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME). [3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE LOTTIN DE LAVAL · COLLEGE NOTRE DAME). [3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (KHELIL ZAOUCHE, MÉDECIN · SONIA MELOT, MÉDECIN · ANNI PITHON, MÉDECIN · EUGENIO ACUNA-PEREZ, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (SARL PHARMACIE DE L ORBIQUET · PHARMACIE DE L'AVENIR). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MARIE-DU-MERLE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). [3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE D EPARGNE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST · SG - ORBEC (0113.7)). [3]

4 × Hairdresser (CHEZ MANU · L'ATELIER · COIFFURE SANDRINE). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)4AU PETRIN GOURMAND · MARIE · CHOU & COMPAGNIE · LE PALAIS GOURMANDINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)3ROTISSERIE VALLEE D'AUGE · CHEZ VICTORINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2LA MAISON DE L'ORBIQUET · LES COMPTOIRS DE PIERREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Supermarket1INTERMARCHEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant8COSKUN MERYEM · TOURIST BAR · DES BULLES ET DES CREPESINSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Café / bar5LE PETIT ZINC · LA CIVETTEINSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAMEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège2COLLEGE LOTTIN DE LAVAL · COLLEGE NOTRE DAMEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)4KHELIL ZAOUCHE, MÉDECIN · SONIA MELOT, MÉDECIN · ANNI PITHON, MÉDECIN · EUGENIO ACUNA-PEREZ, MÉDECININSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy2SARL PHARMACIE DE L ORBIQUET · PHARMACIE DE L'AVENIRINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MARIE-DU-MERLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1GYMNASEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank3CAISSE D EPARGNE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST · SG - ORBEC (0113.7)INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser4CHEZ MANU · L'ATELIER · COIFFURE SANDRINEINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite1CAMPINGINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 3,211 peak 1975: 3,363 2023: 1,975 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,248 (2012) → 1,975 (2023): -12.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 2,642 (1990) → 1,975 (2023): -25.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,301, of which 6.6 % second homes and 19.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 0.5 km N (Orbec)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.5 km N 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 (Orbec): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Orbec): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Orbec): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Orbec): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Orbec): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14478/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14478/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14478/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14478/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14478

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Entre-deux-Guiers38568 km SE1,91557.4Partly servedno figures
Beaumont-sur-Sarthe7291 km S1,97259.2Partly servedno figures
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte50146 km W2,11464.9Servedno figures
Cosne-d'Allier03336 km SE2,00654.6Partly servedno figures
Brécey50120 km W2,17260.8Servedno figures
Aumale76128 km NE1,99664.4Servedno figures
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Beaumont-sur-Sarthe7291 km S1,97259.2Partly servedno figures
Brécey50120 km W2,17260.8Servedno figures
Aumale76128 km NE1,99664.4Servedno figures
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte50146 km W2,11464.9Servedno figures
Cosne-d'Allier03336 km SE2,00654.6Partly servedno figures
Entre-deux-Guiers38568 km SE1,91557.4Partly servedno figures

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Elsewhere

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