Saint-André-sur-Orne

Calvados · CU Caen la Mer · INSEE 14556

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

Few services 37.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-André-sur-Orne (INSEE 14556) is in Calvados (14), part of CU Caen la Mer. Population 1,664 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/14556-saint-andre-sur-orne

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 10,851 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.77	10	7.7
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LIDL). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA CAB'ANNE A PIZZAS · PAINS ET RECETTES GOURMANDES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE SISTER'S). ^[4]

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

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE COISEL). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (ATELIER D'ANAIS · MAXETCOMPAGNIE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Nursery school (maternelle).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	LIDL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	LA CAB'ANNE A PIZZAS · PAINS ET RECETTES GOURMANDES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE SISTER'S	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	ESPACE COISEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	ATELIER D'ANAIS · MAXETCOMPAGNIE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,044 peak 2007: 1,892 2023: 1,664 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,827 (2012) → 1,664 (2023): -8.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,310 (1990) → 1,664 (2023): 27 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 709, of which 0.7 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.7 km EBakery — 0.8 km EGP — 0.9 km EPharmacy — 1.7 km SE 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 (Saint-Martin-de-May): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Martin-de-May): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Martin-de-May): 0.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Martin-de-May): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-André-sur-Orne): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.6

Days at or below 0 °C 28.1

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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

Measured at the CAEN-CARPIQUET weather station, 8.8 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 17 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 8.8 km away at 67 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at FONTENAY LE MAR, 3.9 km away at 58 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14556/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14556/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14556/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14556/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14408
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14556
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
Margencel	74	596 km SE	2,273	52.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Gometz-la-Ville	91	190 km E	1,536	48.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Montescot	66	768 km S	1,586	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %
Buchères	10	344 km E	2,055	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Vougy	74	617 km SE	1,659	40.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Authie	14	11 km N	1,707	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Authie	14	11 km N	1,707	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Gometz-la-Ville	91	190 km E	1,536	48.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Buchères	10	344 km E	2,055	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Margencel	74	596 km SE	2,273	52.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Vougy	74	617 km SE	1,659	40.4	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Montescot	66	768 km S	1,586	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Saint-André-sur-Orne'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
Authie	14	11 km N	1,707	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Labeuvrière	62	263 km NE	1,648	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Vendeville	59	297 km NE	1,654	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Fouquereuil	62	265 km NE	1,632	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Rouxmesnil-Bouteilles	76	138 km NE	1,798	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Noyelles-lès-Seclin	59	293 km NE	838	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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