Ouistreham

Calvados · CU Caen la Mer · INSEE 14488

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

Served 71.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ouistreham (INSEE 14488) is in Calvados (14), part of CU Caen la Mer. Population 9,212 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

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

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

Better served than 96 % of the 2,668 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	0.68	25	17.12
Social	0.97	20	19.36
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.74	10	7.39
Public & culture	0.31	5	1.54
Population trend	0.87	10	8.73
Housing mix	0.49	5	2.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 6 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 2 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

9 × Bakery (boulangerie) (COQUES DE NORMANDIE · L'EPI D'OR · AUX DELICES DE RIVA · MARINIER AND CO · DU CROISSANT AU DESSERT). ^[3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (WINE & BEER · LE COMPTOIR DES SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'HEURE DES METS · PA BELLA). ^[3,4]

4 × Supermarket (LIDL · CARREFOUR CITY · CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (FROMAGERIE CA ROULE!). ^[4]

1 × Fishmonger (FUNNY FISH). ^[3,4]

34 × Restaurant (LA MOULERIE · MAMMA MIA · MAISON CANDY'S · ALCOR · L'ACCOSTAGE). ^[3,4]

11 × Café / bar (L'ECAILLER · MKBAR · LA ROSE DES VENTS · LA MARINE · LE HAVANE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ISABELLE AUTISSIER · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEUR). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN MONNET). ^[3]

12 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHRISTOPHE SANIER, MÉDECIN · HARRIS YOGANATHAN, MÉDECIN · GUY COURTALON, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE CAILLET, MÉDECIN · LAURENT RACHINE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU PORT · SELARL PHARMACIE DU BOURG · PHARMACIE OLIVIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (OUISTREHAM BOURG AP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Cinema. ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (STADE KIEFFER · GYMNASE MAURICE CHEVALIER). ^[3]

2 × Swimming pool (POSTE DE SECOURS 1 · POSTE DE SECOURS 2). ^[3]

8 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST · CREDIT AGRICOLE NORMANDIE · BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE · SOCIETE GENERALE). ^[3]

14 × Hairdresser (NATH'COIFF · NORMAN KELIAN · COIFF AND CO). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

8 × Hotel (IBIS STYLES · HOTEL RIVA BELLA / · B&B HOTELS OUISTREHAM · LA MARE O POISSONS · L'ECAILLER). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (DOMAINE LES PRAIRIES DE LA MER · CAMPING RIVA BELLA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 10 × Restaurant, 3 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	9	COQUES DE NORMANDIE · L'EPI D'OR · AUX DELICES DE RIVA · MARINIER AND CO · DU CROISSANT AU DESSERT	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	3	WINE & BEER · LE COMPTOIR DES SAVEURS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	L'HEURE DES METS · PA BELLA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Supermarket	4	LIDL · CARREFOUR CITY · CARREFOUR MARKET	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	1	FROMAGERIE CA ROULE!	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Fishmonger	1	FUNNY FISH	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	34	LA MOULERIE · MAMMA MIA · MAISON CANDY'S · ALCOR · L'ACCOSTAGE	INSEE BPE 34 / INSEE SIRENE 50 [3,4]
Café / bar	11	L'ECAILLER · MKBAR · LA ROSE DES VENTS · LA MARINE · LE HAVANE	INSEE SIRENE 11 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ISABELLE AUTISSIER · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEUR	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JEAN MONNET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	12	CHRISTOPHE SANIER, MÉDECIN · HARRIS YOGANATHAN, MÉDECIN · GUY COURTALON, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE CAILLET, MÉDECIN · LAURENT RACHINE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 12 [3]
Pharmacy	3	PHARMACIE DU PORT · SELARL PHARMACIE DU BOURG · PHARMACIE OLIVIER	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	OUISTREHAM BOURG AP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1		INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	STADE KIEFFER · GYMNASE MAURICE CHEVALIER	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	2	POSTE DE SECOURS 1 · POSTE DE SECOURS 2	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Bank	8	CAISSE EPARGNE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST · CREDIT AGRICOLE NORMANDIE · BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE · SOCIETE GENERALE	INSEE BPE 8 [3]
Hairdresser	14	NATH'COIFF · NORMAN KELIAN · COIFF AND CO	INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	8	IBIS STYLES · HOTEL RIVA BELLA / · B&B HOTELS OUISTREHAM · LA MARE O POISSONS · L'ECAILLER	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Campsite	2	DOMAINE LES PRAIRIES DE LA MER · CAMPING RIVA BELLA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 5,223 peak 2012: 9,452 2023: 9,212 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 9,452 (2012) → 9,212 (2023): -2.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 6,709 (1990) → 9,212 (2023): 37.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 7,092, of which 25.3 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.6 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 (Ouistreham): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Ouistreham): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ouistreham): 0.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ouistreham): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Ouistreham): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 27.1

Muggy days a summer 1

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the OUISTREHAM weather station, 1.3 km away at 10 m; the village itself is at 11 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at BERNIERES, 14 km away at 2 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 5.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at OUISTREHAM, 1.3 km away at 10 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14488/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/30/46016491-0fc5-3a29-8f56-74f8f683d9fd— “Marché aux poissons de Ouistreham Riva-Bella”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14488/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14488/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14488/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14488
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
Granville	50	109 km SW	12,510	63.9	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 80 %
Carqueiranne	83	842 km SE	9,408	66.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 72 % · humidity 0 %
Cogolin	83	849 km SE	12,301	69.1	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %
Ferney-Voltaire	01	582 km SE	12,094	57.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Mazamet	81	674 km S	10,085	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 86 % · humidity 29 %
Le Pradet	83	839 km SE	10,933	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Granville	50	109 km SW	12,510	63.9	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 80 %
Ferney-Voltaire	01	582 km SE	12,094	57.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Mazamet	81	674 km S	10,085	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 86 % · humidity 29 %
Le Pradet	83	839 km SE	10,933	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 0 %
Carqueiranne	83	842 km SE	9,408	66.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 72 % · humidity 0 %
Cogolin	83	849 km SE	12,301	69.1	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Ouistreham'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
Annœullin	59	268 km NE	10,847	46.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Guingamp	22	226 km W	7,111	71.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Étaples	62	193 km NE	10,710	58.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Dinard	35	150 km SW	10,772	59.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-Audemer	27	57 km E	10,023	64.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Pontivy	56	240 km SW	14,640	67.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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