Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 33.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe (INSEE 14587) is in Calvados (14), part of CU Caen la Mer. Population 2,482 (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/14587-saint-germain-la-blanche-herbe
Vitality score
Vitality score 33.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 16 % of the 8,296 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 | 0.2 | 20 | 3.93 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.59 | 10 | 5.85 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.68 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (CHEZ LU). [4,3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [4]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ADELINE LAGNIEL-METIVIER, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE LIETOT, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME LE BLAY, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE D ARDENNES). [4,3]
3 × Hairdresser (IDEAL COIFFURE · VIRGINIA COIF · BOULAY). [4,3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | CHEZ LU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | ADELINE LAGNIEL-METIVIER, MÉDECIN · NATHALIE LIETOT, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME LE BLAY, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE D ARDENNES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | IDEAL COIFFURE · VIRGINIA COIF · BOULAY | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,3] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 2,436 (2012) → 2,482 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,615 (1990) → 2,482 (2023): 53.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,163, of which 3.2 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Caen): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Caen): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Caen): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Caen): 1.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
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. [10]
Measured at the CAEN-CARPIQUET weather station, 3.5 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 58 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 3.5 km away at 67 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 728 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 3.5 km away at 67 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
61 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 249,110 € — 2,756 € per m² of built surface. [11]
28 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 160,953 € — 2,659 € per m². [11]
The median across Calvados is 2,026 € per m², so this commune sits above 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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14587/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14587/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14587/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14587/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14118
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambon | 81 | 620 km S | 2,127 | 40.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 % |
| Prémesques | 59 | 291 km NE | 2,031 | 34.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Leval | 59 | 325 km E | 2,474 | 26.7 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cuffies | 02 | 272 km E | 1,733 | 37.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ruelisheim | 68 | 592 km E | 2,519 | 33.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Auxons | 25 | 517 km E | 2,533 | 41.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuffies | 02 | 272 km E | 1,733 | 37.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Prémesques | 59 | 291 km NE | 2,031 | 34.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Leval | 59 | 325 km E | 2,474 | 26.7 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Auxons | 25 | 517 km E | 2,533 | 41.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ruelisheim | 68 | 592 km E | 2,519 | 33.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cambon | 81 | 620 km S | 2,127 | 40.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 % |
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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-la-Blanche-Herbe'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prémesques | 59 | 291 km NE | 2,031 | 34.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lompret | 59 | 294 km NE | 2,155 | 38.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Camphin-en-Pévèle | 59 | 306 km NE | 2,518 | 46.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Anstaing | 59 | 302 km NE | 1,631 | 41.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vendin-lès-Béthune | 62 | 264 km NE | 2,374 | 49 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bourguébus | 14 | 11 km SE | 2,613 | 40.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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