Saint-Contest
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 53.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Contest (INSEE 14566) is in Calvados (14), part of CU Caen la Mer. Population 2,465 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/14566-saint-contest
Vitality score
Vitality score 53.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 78 % of the 8,335 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 | 9.75 |
| Social | 0.49 | 20 | 9.82 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.29 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.88 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BOULANGERIE · LE FOURNIL DE SAINT CONTEST · TAPATISSERIE PAR JENY JEN). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (NETTO). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (REBUS). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger. [3,4]
8 × Restaurant (L'ESSENTIEL · LE COMPTOIR DU MALT · LE TABLIER · RESTAURANT LA BOUCHERIE · BRASSERIE LAURENT). [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCK PHELIPEAU, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME MOREAU, MÉDECIN · ADRIEN PIEL, MÉDECIN · MARYSE PERRISSIN-PIRASSET, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BURON SAINT-CONTEST). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT CONTEST AP). [3]
4 × Bank (BANQUE PALATINE · 3A COURTAGE-IMMO · SARL JALA · LCL LE CREDIT LYONNAIS). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (SALON SANDRO LEANDRE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
5 × Hotel (ETAP HOTEL · PREMIERE CLASSE · GOOD WOOD · BALADIN · HOTEL F1). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Café / bar, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 3 | LA BOULANGERIE · LE FOURNIL DE SAINT CONTEST · TAPATISSERIE PAR JENY JEN | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | NETTO | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | REBUS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 8 | L'ESSENTIEL · LE COMPTOIR DU MALT · LE TABLIER · RESTAURANT LA BOUCHERIE · BRASSERIE LAURENT | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | FRANCK PHELIPEAU, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME MOREAU, MÉDECIN · ADRIEN PIEL, MÉDECIN · MARYSE PERRISSIN-PIRASSET, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE BURON SAINT-CONTEST | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SAINT CONTEST AP | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 4 | BANQUE PALATINE · 3A COURTAGE-IMMO · SARL JALA · LCL LE CREDIT LYONNAIS | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 1 | SALON SANDRO LEANDRE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 5 | ETAP HOTEL · PREMIERE CLASSE · GOOD WOOD · BALADIN · HOTEL F1 | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day (reported, unverified): Saturday matin place de l'Eglise. No source says whether it is weekly or monthly. [5]
Trajectory
Population 2,493 (2012) → 2,465 (2023): -1.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,541 (1990) → 2,465 (2023): 60 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,064, of which 1.2 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Caen): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Contest): 1.5 km to the south (straight line). [10]
GP (Saint-Contest): 1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Saint-Contest): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [12]
Measured at the CAEN-CARPIQUET weather station, 5.5 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 77 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 5.5 km away at 67 m, over 30 summers. [12]
An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 5.5 km away at 67 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
What property sold for
111 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 325,000 € — 2,046 € per m² of built surface. [13]
10 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 171,500 € — 2,831 € per m². [13]
The median across Calvados is 2,026 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [13]
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
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 — 14566/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.mairie-saint-contest.fr/marches3.html— “Commerçants - samedi matin- place de l'Eglise”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14566/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14566/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14566/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14118
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14566
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14587
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouillon | 72 | 140 km S | 2,382 | 41.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Rogatien | 17 | 344 km S | 2,364 | 46 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 % |
| Mexy | 54 | 449 km E | 2,300 | 38.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Haulchin | 59 | 302 km NE | 2,281 | 31.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Râches | 59 | 287 km NE | 2,672 | 43.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Livry-sur-Seine | 77 | 239 km E | 2,226 | 46.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouillon | 72 | 140 km S | 2,382 | 41.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Livry-sur-Seine | 77 | 239 km E | 2,226 | 46.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
| Râches | 59 | 287 km NE | 2,672 | 43.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Haulchin | 59 | 302 km NE | 2,281 | 31.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Rogatien | 17 | 344 km S | 2,364 | 46 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 57 % |
| Mexy | 54 | 449 km E | 2,300 | 38.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
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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-Contest'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allouagne | 62 | 255 km NE | 2,823 | 42 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Agathon | 22 | 211 km W | 2,169 | 60.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Frénaye | 76 | 78 km NE | 2,074 | 47.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Épouville | 76 | 60 km NE | 2,601 | 44 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tourville-la-Rivière | 76 | 110 km E | 2,596 | 65.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Choisy-au-Bac | 60 | 239 km E | 3,449 | 34.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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