Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 38.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue (INSEE 14625) is in Calvados (14), part of CA Lisieux Normandie. Population 763 (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 38.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 68 % of the 15,921 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.3 | 10 | 3.02 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.49 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DOUCEURS DE SAINT MARTIN). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (LEUCA PIZZAS · CALVAIOLI). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA LIEUE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MARTIN DE LA LIEUE RP). [3]
2 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER SELON JULIE · ELLE ET LUI). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LES DOUCEURS DE SAINT MARTIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | LEUCA PIZZAS · CALVAIOLI | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 | 1 | PHARMACIE DE LA LIEUE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | SAINT MARTIN DE LA LIEUE RP | 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 | 2 | L'ATELIER SELON JULIE · ELLE ET LUI | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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
Population 801 (2012) → 763 (2023): -4.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 951 (1990) → 763 (2023): -19.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 413, of which 5.1 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lisieux): 2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Lisieux): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Lisieux): 3.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Martin-de-la-Lieue): 0 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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, 5.7 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 57 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CAMBREMER, 13.4 km away at 125 m, over 18 summers. [10]
That station sits 68 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 882 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LISIEUX_SAPC, 5.7 km away at 62 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 — 14625/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14625/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14625/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14625/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14625
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14366
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citers | 70 | 481 km E | 765 | 38.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chamboret | 87 | 352 km S | 782 | 40.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sancheville | 28 | 143 km SE | 742 | 41.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Largeasse | 79 | 274 km S | 759 | 33 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Couze-et-Saint-Front | 24 | 478 km S | 709 | 35.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Conchy-les-Pots | 60 | 190 km E | 734 | 41.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sancheville | 28 | 143 km SE | 742 | 41.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Conchy-les-Pots | 60 | 190 km E | 734 | 41.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Largeasse | 79 | 274 km S | 759 | 33 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chamboret | 87 | 352 km S | 782 | 40.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Couze-et-Saint-Front | 24 | 478 km S | 709 | 35.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Citers | 70 | 481 km E | 765 | 38.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 51 % · 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-Martin-de-la-Lieue'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conchy-les-Pots | 60 | 190 km E | 734 | 41.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cuts | 60 | 214 km E | 949 | 53.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Mesnil-Théribus | 60 | 130 km E | 770 | 35.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Arvillers | 80 | 189 km NE | 759 | 28.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Huppy | 80 | 151 km NE | 749 | 59.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Joux | 69 | 475 km SE | 752 | 36.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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