Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay

Calvados · CU Caen la Mer · INSEE 14558

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

Few services 33.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay (INSEE 14558) is in Calvados (14), part of CU Caen la Mer. Population 1,118 (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/14558-saint-aubin-d-arquenay

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 13,662 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FRUITS ET LEGUMES A DOMICILE · NINA CALVADOS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (ATELIER M). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	2	FRUITS ET LEGUMES A DOMICILE · NINA CALVADOS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	ATELIER M	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 326 2023: 1,118 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 782 (2012) → 1,118 (2023): 43 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 567 (1990) → 1,118 (2023): 97.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 486, of which 2.9 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 1.8 km NWGP — 1.8 km NWPharmacy — 2.7 km S 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 (Colleville-Montgomery): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Colleville-Montgomery): 1.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bénouville): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay): 0 km to the south (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. ^[11]

Measured at the OUISTREHAM weather station, 2.8 km away at 10 m; the village itself is at 38 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BERNIERES, 13.2 km away at 2 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 721 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 5.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at OUISTREHAM, 2.8 km away at 10 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

88 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 250,000 € — 2,714 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Calvados is 2,026 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[12]

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 — 14558/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14558/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14558/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14558/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14166
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14558
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14060
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
Anthon	38	563 km SE	1,154	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 59 %
Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or	69	540 km SE	1,247	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Algolsheim	68	593 km E	1,112	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Les Ageux	60	210 km E	1,153	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Estrées	59	267 km NE	1,134	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 74 %
Gœulzin	59	270 km NE	1,070	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 74 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Ageux	60	210 km E	1,153	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Estrées	59	267 km NE	1,134	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 74 %
Gœulzin	59	270 km NE	1,070	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or	69	540 km SE	1,247	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Anthon	38	563 km SE	1,154	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 59 %
Algolsheim	68	593 km E	1,112	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 42 % · 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 Saint-Aubin-d'Arquenay'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
Baron-sur-Odon	14	20 km SW	1,154	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Gruson	59	291 km NE	1,207	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Péronne-en-Mélantois	59	287 km NE	1,025	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Escoville	14	6.6 km SE	920	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Carnin	59	271 km NE	1,105	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Éterville	14	16 km SW	1,529	42.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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