Le Castelet

Calvados · CU Caen la Mer · INSEE 14554

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

Few services 30.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Castelet (INSEE 14554) is in Calvados (14), part of CU Caen la Mer. Population 1,850 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Garcelles-Secqueville (14294). ^[3]

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/14554-le-castelet

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 10,126 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	1	5	5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOUILLE ET GOURMANDISES). ^[4]

1 × Restaurant (LA JALOUSIE). ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (LML COIFFURE · BY VICTORIA). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOUILLE ET GOURMANDISES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	LA JALOUSIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	LML COIFFURE · BY VICTORIA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 655 2023: 1,850 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,293 (2012) → 1,850 (2023): 43.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 733 (1990) → 1,850 (2023): 152.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 677, of which 0 % second homes and 3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 1.9 km NBakery — 2.4 km NFood shop — 3.0 km NWGP — 4.9 km NPharmacy — 6.0 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 (Le Castelet): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Castine-en-Plaine): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Bourguébus): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Soliers): 6 km to the north (straight line). ^[12]

Primary school (Le Castelet): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.6

Days at or below 0 °C 29.4

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ST SYLVAIN_SAPC weather station, 4.2 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 109 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ST SYLVAIN_SAPC, 4.2 km away at 62 m, over 14 summers. ^[13]

An average of 677 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ST SYLVAIN_SAPC, 4.2 km away at 62 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14554/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14554/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14554/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14554/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14554
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14538
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14092
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14675
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
Saint-Hilaire	31	641 km S	1,807	33	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 88 % · humidity 50 %
Montlaur	31	638 km S	1,791	39	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %
Burnhaupt-le-Bas	68	570 km E	1,969	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Meyenheim	68	578 km E	2,015	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-Routot	76	66 km NE	1,972	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Frénouville	14	6.9 km N	2,050	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Frénouville	14	6.9 km N	2,050	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin-Routot	76	66 km NE	1,972	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Burnhaupt-le-Bas	68	570 km E	1,969	41.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Meyenheim	68	578 km E	2,015	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Montlaur	31	638 km S	1,791	39	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 97 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Hilaire	31	641 km S	1,807	33	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 88 % · 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 Le Castelet'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
Saint-Aubin-Routot	76	66 km NE	1,972	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Frénouville	14	6.9 km N	2,050	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Winnezeele	59	282 km NE	1,261	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Esquay-Notre-Dame	14	14 km W	1,444	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Urbain	85	277 km SW	2,000	39.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Locmaria-Grand-Champ	56	236 km SW	1,855	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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