Saint-Arnoult

Calvados · CC Coeur Côte Fleurie · INSEE 14557

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

Partly served 44.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Arnoult (INSEE 14557) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Coeur Côte Fleurie. Population 1,092 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/14557-saint-arnoult

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 13,804 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.67	20	13.44
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.93	10	9.26
Housing mix	0.13	5	0.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LP ST-ARNOULT). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR PROXIMITE FRANCE · CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (PIZZA WEB DEAUVILLE · JC EVENTS · STYLEFOOD · LA MAISON DE STEPH · LE DAHLIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DARA DARABI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

2 × Bank (BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE · BNP PARIBAS LEASE GROUP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (VINTAGE). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (CAMPANILE · HOTEL DU GOLF BARRIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA VALLEE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LP ST-ARNOULT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	2	CARREFOUR PROXIMITE FRANCE · CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	PIZZA WEB DEAUVILLE · JC EVENTS · STYLEFOOD · LA MAISON DE STEPH · LE DAHLIA	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	DARA DARABI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE · BNP PARIBAS LEASE GROUP	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	1	VINTAGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	CAMPANILE · HOTEL DU GOLF BARRIERE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING DE LA VALLEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 523 peak 2012: 1,185 2023: 1,092 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,185 (2012) → 1,092 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 766 (1990) → 1,092 (2023): 42.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 996, of which 43.6 % second homes and 3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.9 km NE 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-Arnoult): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Arnoult): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Arnoult): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Touques): 0.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Arnoult): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.6

Days at or below 0 °C 23.2

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST GATIEN DES B weather station, 6.1 km away at 139 m; the village itself is at 5 m. ^[10]

The village sits 134 m below 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 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST GATIEN DES B, 6.1 km away at 139 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 134 m above 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 812 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DEAUVILLE HIPPO, 2.2 km away at 2 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

92 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 410,000 € — 3,750 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

115 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 177,000 € — 3,585 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Calvados is 2,026 € per m², so this commune sits above 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14557/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14557/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14557/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14557/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14557
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14699
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Les Villards-sur-Thônes	74	605 km SE	1,132	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Lizier	09	709 km S	1,391	47	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %
Saussay	28	110 km SE	1,080	43.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Stosswihr	68	534 km E	1,323	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 31 % · humidity 86 %
Étel	56	306 km SW	2,074	52.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 100 %
Husseren-Wesserling	68	532 km E	1,022	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saussay	28	110 km SE	1,080	43.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Étel	56	306 km SW	2,074	52.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 100 %
Husseren-Wesserling	68	532 km E	1,022	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Stosswihr	68	534 km E	1,323	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 31 % · humidity 86 %
Les Villards-sur-Thônes	74	605 km SE	1,132	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Lizier	09	709 km S	1,391	47	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 66 % · humidity 79 %

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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-Arnoult'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
Cresserons	14	33 km W	1,068	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer	14	35 km W	2,101	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bernières-sur-Mer	14	37 km W	2,437	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Les Moutiers-en-Retz	44	297 km SW	1,939	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Houlgate	14	13 km W	1,834	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Langrune-sur-Mer	14	34 km W	1,916	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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