Sommervieu

Calvados · CC de Bayeux Intercom · INSEE 14676

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 30.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sommervieu (INSEE 14676) is in Calvados (14), part of CC de Bayeux Intercom. Population 987 (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/14676-sommervieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 14,410 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.76	10	7.56
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 1 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FERREIRA JUAN · LA GRANGE DE SOMMERVIEU). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (LE SALON DE CECILE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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)	2	FERREIRA JUAN · LA GRANGE DE SOMMERVIEU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	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	2	LE SALON DE CECILE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 343 peak 2012: 1,025 2023: 987 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,025 (2012) → 987 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 786 (1990) → 987 (2023): 25.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 460, of which 3.5 % 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 SGP — 2.8 km NEBakery — 3.0 km SWPharmacy — 3.6 km SW 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 (Saint-Vigor-le-Grand): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sommervieu): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ryes): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Vigor-le-Grand): 3.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Sommervieu): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.1

Days at or below 0 °C 15.1▸

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BAYEUX weather station, 5 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 57 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PORT EN BESSIN, 10.5 km away at 68 m, over 13 summers. ^[11]

An average of 835 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAINT VIGOR, 3.6 km away at 33 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14676/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14676/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14676/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14676/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14663
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14676
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14552
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
Ledeuix	64	676 km S	1,029	19.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 74 % · humidity 21 %
La Flamengrie	02	339 km E	1,103	20.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mards-de-Blacarville	27	85 km E	877	25.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Les Trois-Pierres	76	82 km E	832	27.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 73 %
La Bourgonce	88	558 km E	842	25.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 7 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Affrique-les-Montagnes	81	677 km S	748	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 78 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Trois-Pierres	76	82 km E	832	27.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 73 %
Saint-Mards-de-Blacarville	27	85 km E	877	25.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
La Flamengrie	02	339 km E	1,103	20.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
La Bourgonce	88	558 km E	842	25.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 7 % · humidity 93 %
Ledeuix	64	676 km S	1,029	19.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 74 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Affrique-les-Montagnes	81	677 km S	748	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 78 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Sommervieu'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
Hardinvast	50	79 km NW	928	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Moulins-en-Bessin	14	6.7 km SE	1,125	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Tréméoc	29	304 km SW	1,503	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Heuqueville	76	68 km NE	717	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mesnil-au-Val	50	72 km NW	729	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Guilligomarc'h	29	253 km SW	803	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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