Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 17/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer (INSEE 14569) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Seulles Terre et Mer. Population 243 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 17/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 40 % of the 17,055 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.42 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 244 (2012) → 243 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 161 (1990) → 243 (2023): 50.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 104, of which 5.8 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Banville): 2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Ver-sur-Mer): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Courseulles-sur-Mer): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Ver-sur-Mer): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Ver-sur-Mer): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BERNIERES weather station, 6.2 km away at 2 m; the village itself is at 48 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BERNIERES, 6.2 km away at 2 m, over 23 summers. [11]
An average of 696 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BERNIERES, 6.2 km away at 2 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
8 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 339,600 € — 1,314 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Calvados is 2,026 € per m², so this commune sits below 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 — 14569/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14569/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14569/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14569/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14038
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14739
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14191
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parvillers-le-Quesnoy | 80 | 239 km E | 244 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Voise | 28 | 191 km SE | 245 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villers-le-Tilleul | 08 | 380 km E | 240 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cottun | 14 | 21 km W | 240 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Espins | 14 | 35 km S | 244 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Léger | 77 | 279 km E | 244 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 41 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottun | 14 | 21 km W | 240 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Espins | 14 | 35 km S | 244 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Voise | 28 | 191 km SE | 245 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Parvillers-le-Quesnoy | 80 | 239 km E | 244 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Léger | 77 | 279 km E | 244 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 41 % · humidity 79 % |
| Villers-le-Tilleul | 08 | 380 km E | 240 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 28 % · 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 Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottun | 14 | 21 km W | 240 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Frohen-sur-Authie | 80 | 219 km NE | 244 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Boursin | 62 | 233 km NE | 236 | 17 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maisoncelles-Pelvey | 14 | 31 km SW | 252 | 14 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Germain-d'Étables | 76 | 134 km NE | 240 | 7.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Zermezeele | 59 | 270 km NE | 252 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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