Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 33.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer (INSEE 14605) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom. Population 268 (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 33.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 86 % of the 17,504 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 | 0.75 | 20 | 14.97 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (SOCIETE DES RESTAURANTS C.P.B · LA SAPINIERE). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (SUZYE VIEW CAFE). [4]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THIERRY CONNAULT, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Hotel (LA SAPINIÈRE · D-DAY HOUSE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 | 2 | SOCIETE DES RESTAURANTS C.P.B · LA SAPINIERE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | SUZYE VIEW CAFE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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) | 1 | THIERRY CONNAULT, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 2 | LA SAPINIÈRE · D-DAY HOUSE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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) → 268 (2023): 9.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 163 (1990) → 268 (2023): 64.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 303, of which 51.8 % second homes and 3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Trévières): 6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vierville-sur-Mer): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer): 1.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Port-en-Bessin-Huppain): 9.1 km to the east (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Trévières): 6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the ENGLESQUEVILLE weather station, 6.5 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 46 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at PORT EN BESSIN, 7.7 km away at 68 m, over 13 summers. [12]
An average of 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at ENGLESQUEVILLE, 6.5 km away at 38 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 — 14605/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14605/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14605/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14605/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14711
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14745
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14605
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14515
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosis | 34 | 699 km SE | 279 | 21.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Georges-de-la-Rivière | 50 | 62 km W | 250 | 25.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 86 % |
| La Roque-Esclapon | 83 | 849 km SE | 261 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Roche-sur-le-Buis | 26 | 735 km SE | 281 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 % |
| Notre-Dame-du-Pré | 73 | 706 km SE | 258 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer | 76 | 139 km NE | 181 | 20.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Georges-de-la-Rivière | 50 | 62 km W | 250 | 25.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 86 % |
| Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer | 76 | 139 km NE | 181 | 20.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rosis | 34 | 699 km SE | 279 | 21.9 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Notre-Dame-du-Pré | 73 | 706 km SE | 258 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Roche-sur-le-Buis | 26 | 735 km SE | 281 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Roque-Esclapon | 83 | 849 km SE | 261 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · 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-Laurent-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer | 76 | 139 km NE | 181 | 20.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Champeaux | 50 | 84 km SW | 349 | 24.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lanloup | 22 | 168 km SW | 252 | 20.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Côme-de-Fresné | 14 | 20 km E | 256 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Caurel | 22 | 203 km SW | 353 | 30.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Quentin-en-Tourmont | 80 | 205 km NE | 302 | 17.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
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