Saint-Germain-de-Livet

Calvados · CA Lisieux Normandie · INSEE 14582

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 20.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-de-Livet (INSEE 14582) is in Calvados (14), part of CA Lisieux Normandie. Population 688 (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 20.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 16,444 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.65	10	6.51
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.37

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (HAIR BEAUTE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	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	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	1	HAIR BEAUTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 498 peak 2007: 811 2023: 688 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 784 (2012) → 688 (2023): -12.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 598 (1990) → 688 (2023): 15.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 334, of which 6.3 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.5 km NEFood shop — 5.9 km SEPharmacy — 6.0 km SEGP — 7.7 km W 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-Martin-de-la-Lieue): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Livarot-Pays-d'Auge): 5.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mézidon Vallée d'Auge): 7.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Livarot-Pays-d'Auge): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Germain-de-Livet): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.9

Days at or below 0 °C 37.3

Muggy days a summer 2.9

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SAINT MICHEL DE weather station, 8.8 km away at 140 m; the village itself is at 161 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CAMBREMER, 13.4 km away at 125 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

An average of 818 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at SAINT MICHEL DE, 8.8 km away at 140 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14582/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14582/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14582/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14582/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14625
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14371
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14431
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14582
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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
Sainte-Hélène-Bondeville	76	80 km N	681	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 74 %
Romans	79	304 km S	690	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Esbarres	21	433 km SE	689	19.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Vendrest	77	211 km E	686	26.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Divajeu	26	608 km SE	688	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Perdreauville	78	105 km E	701	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Hélène-Bondeville	76	80 km N	681	18.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 74 %
Perdreauville	78	105 km E	701	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Vendrest	77	211 km E	686	26.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Romans	79	304 km S	690	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Esbarres	21	433 km SE	689	19.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Divajeu	26	608 km SE	688	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 85 % · 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-Germain-de-Livet'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
Perdreauville	78	105 km E	701	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Mézières-sous-Lavardin	72	103 km S	676	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Anglesqueville-l'Esneval	76	62 km N	678	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Hautot-Saint-Sulpice	76	78 km NE	688	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Auffreville-Brasseuil	78	112 km E	671	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
La Villeneuve-en-Chevrie	78	98 km E	665	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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