Potigny

Calvados · CC du Pays de Falaise · INSEE 14516

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

Served 60.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Potigny (INSEE 14516) is in Calvados (14), part of CC du Pays de Falaise. Population 2,089 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/14516-potigny

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.6/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 9,325 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.89	20	17.83
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.68	10	6.76
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

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 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE RATEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA POTIGNAISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AUX BONNES SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (O P'TIT POTIGNAIS · LES TROIS MARCHES · LA POTINE · PIZZA NEUF · LE VERSEAU). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (BAR DU CENTRE · BAR TABAC DE LA MINE · L'UNI VERRES DE CARO). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JENNIFER PLACE, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE BOUSQUET, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE DAON, MÉDECIN · FIDELIS EKPO, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DERVIN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DU PAYS DE FALAISE MÉDIATHÈQUE POTIGNY). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE ZENON RUDA). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (LE REP HAIR DE SACHA · SALON ART'Z). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE RATEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LA POTIGNAISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AUX BONNES SAVEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	O P'TIT POTIGNAIS · LES TROIS MARCHES · LA POTINE · PIZZA NEUF · LE VERSEAU	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	BAR DU CENTRE · BAR TABAC DE LA MINE · L'UNI VERRES DE CARO	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PAUL LANGEVIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	JENNIFER PLACE, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE BOUSQUET, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE DAON, MÉDECIN · FIDELIS EKPO, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE DERVIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DU PAYS DE FALAISE MÉDIATHÈQUE POTIGNY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE ZENON RUDA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE D'EPARGNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	3	LE REP HAIR DE SACHA · SALON ART'Z	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday 8 h 30 à 12 h 30 place située à l'angle de la rue Louis Lefèvre et de la rue du Général Leclerc. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,720 2023: 2,089 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,886 (2012) → 2,089 (2023): 10.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,776 (1990) → 2,089 (2023): 17.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,032, of which 1.4 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Potigny): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Potigny): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Potigny): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Potigny): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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

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. ^[10]

Measured at the DAMBLAINVILLE weather station, 8.2 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 161 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at DAMBLAINVILLE, 8.2 km away at 155 m, over 28 summers. ^[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, 7.9 km away at 62 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14516/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— http://www.potigny.fr/cadre-de-vie/economie/le-marche.html— “Le marché hebdomadaire se tient tous les mercredis matins de 8 h 30 à 12 h 30”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14516/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14516/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14516/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14516
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
Chaulnes	80	240 km NE	1,969	65.2	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Aumale	76	170 km NE	1,996	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Envermeu	76	150 km NE	1,967	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Dannemarie	68	564 km E	2,248	68.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Cormery	37	206 km SE	1,905	60.5	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Cosne-d'Allier	03	360 km SE	2,006	54.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 49 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Envermeu	76	150 km NE	1,967	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Aumale	76	170 km NE	1,996	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Cormery	37	206 km SE	1,905	60.5	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Chaulnes	80	240 km NE	1,969	65.2	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Cosne-d'Allier	03	360 km SE	2,006	54.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 49 %
Dannemarie	68	564 km E	2,248	68.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 49 % · 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 Potigny'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
Aumale	76	170 km NE	1,996	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Envermeu	76	150 km NE	1,967	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bretteville-sur-Laize	14	10 km NW	1,910	63.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Saëns	76	136 km NE	2,298	64.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte	50	105 km NW	2,114	64.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Fruges	62	242 km NE	2,362	63.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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