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Saint-Martin-de-Mailloc

Calvados · CA Lisieux Normandie · INSEE 14626

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

Few services 25.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Martin-de-Mailloc (INSEE 14626) is in Calvados (14), part of CA Lisieux Normandie. Population 1,040 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/14626-saint-martin-de-mailloc

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 14,093 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.2203.93
Education0.39103.93
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.96109.63
Housing mix0.954.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 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 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]

1 × Café / bar (AU CARREFOUR CHAMBRIN). [4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar1AU CARREFOUR CHAMBRININSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 355 2023: 1,040 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 877 (2012) → 1,040 (2023): 18.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 711 (1990) → 1,040 (2023): 46.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 445, of which 4.9 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.9 km S (Valorbiquet)Food shop — 3.9 km S (Valorbiquet)Pharmacy — 6.3 km SW (Livarot-Pays-d'Auge)GP — 6.9 km NW (Lisieux)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.9 km SFood shop — 3.9 km SPharmacy — 6.3 km SWGP — 6.9 km NW 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 (Valorbiquet): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Valorbiquet): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Lisieux): 6.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Livarot-Pays-d'Auge): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Martin-de-Mailloc): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the LISIEUX_SAPC weather station, 9.9 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 113 m. [12]

The village sits 51 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [12]

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

Humidity measured at CAMBREMER, 19.7 km away at 125 m, over 18 summers. [12]

An average of 914 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at MAROLLES, 7 km away at 155 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14626/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14626/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14626/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14626/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14570
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14366
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14371
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14626
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Teurthéville-Hague50157 km W1,03725.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Garnay2887 km SE1,01920.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Père58271 km SE1,05620.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Salvetat-Belmontet82578 km S99331.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Marquefave31646 km S99129.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Parigny-les-Vaux58307 km SE96426.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Garnay2887 km SE1,01920.2Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Teurthéville-Hague50157 km W1,03725.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Père58271 km SE1,05620.1Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Parigny-les-Vaux58307 km SE96426.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
La Salvetat-Belmontet82578 km S99331.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Marquefave31646 km S99129.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %

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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-Mailloc'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Grandpuits-Bailly-Carrois77203 km E1,00921.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Boischampré6152 km SW1,16921.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Berchères-Saint-Germain28106 km SE90532.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Les Septvallons02246 km E1,23225.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Les Baux-Sainte-Croix2760 km E87123.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Lonrai6172 km S1,06218.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %