Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite-la-Cressonnière

Calvados · CA Lisieux Normandie · INSEE 14621

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

Few services 31.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite-la-Cressonnière (INSEE 14621) is in Calvados (14), part of CA Lisieux Normandie. Population 536 (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 31.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 17,581 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.62	10	6.24
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CHEZ SANDRINE · S.A.R.L. VILLENEUVE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MARTIN DE BIENFAITE AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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	CHEZ SANDRINE · S.A.R.L. VILLENEUVE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	SAINT MARTIN DE BIENFAITE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 514 peak 1982: 594 2023: 536 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 536 (2012) → 536 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 477 (1990) → 536 (2023): 12.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 270, of which 10.4 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.5 km NEBakery — 3.9 km SEPharmacy — 4.0 km SEGP — 4.1 km SE 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 (Orbec): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Orbec): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Orbec): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Orbec): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Martin-de-Bienfaite-la-Cressonnière): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.4

Days at or below 0 °C 41.9

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 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LISIEUX_SAPC weather station, 16.6 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 102 m. ^[10]

An average of 883 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ORBEC, 3 km away at 170 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14621/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14621/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14621/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14621/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14478
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14621
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
Myennes	58	260 km SE	535	30	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 85 %
Beussent	62	196 km NE	546	29.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 78 %
Chénas	69	454 km SE	533	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 91 %
Nieul-le-Virouil	17	410 km S	573	27.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 82 %
Chânes	71	453 km SE	530	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 89 %
Lessard-en-Bresse	71	436 km SE	561	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Beussent	62	196 km NE	546	29.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 78 %
Myennes	58	260 km SE	535	30	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 85 %
Nieul-le-Virouil	17	410 km S	573	27.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 82 %
Lessard-en-Bresse	71	436 km SE	561	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 97 %
Chânes	71	453 km SE	530	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 89 %
Chénas	69	454 km SE	533	35.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 91 %

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