Val-de-Vie

Identity

Val-de-Vie (INSEE 14576) is in Calvados (14), part of CA Lisieux Normandie. Population 502 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 3 former communes: La Brévière (14105), La Chapelle-Haute-Grue (14153), Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery (14583). ^[3]

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/14576-val-de-vie

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 17,778 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[4,5]

2 × Restaurant (LE PRE SAINT GERMAIN). ^[4,5]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 545 (2012) → 502 (2023): -7.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 497 (1990) → 502 (2023): 1 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 289, of which 21.1 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Vimoutiers): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Vimoutiers): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vimoutiers): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vimoutiers): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Vimoutiers): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINT MICHEL DE weather station, 6.2 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 84 m. ^[10]

The village sits 56 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 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at L OUDON LIEURY_SAPC, 13.9 km away at 52 m, over 17 summers. ^[10]

An average of 818 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT MICHEL DE, 6.2 km away at 140 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

46 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 189,500 € — 802 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14576/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14576/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14576/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14576/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 61508
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025