Ouilly-le-Tesson

Identity

Ouilly-le-Tesson (INSEE 14486) is in Calvados (14), part of CC du Pays de Falaise. Population 571 (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/14486-ouilly-le-tesson

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 17,324 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

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 551 (2012) → 571 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 523 (1990) → 571 (2023): 9.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 264, of which 1.5 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Potigny): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ouilly-le-Tesson): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Potigny): 2.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Potigny): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Ouilly-le-Tesson): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST SYLVAIN_SAPC weather station, 8 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 115 m. ^[10]

The village sits 53 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST SYLVAIN_SAPC, 8 km away at 62 m, over 14 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 53 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 717 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SASSY, 6.1 km away at 62 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

29 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 152,500 € — 1,633 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Calvados is 2,026 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

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 — 14486/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14486/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14486/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14486/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14516
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14486
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025