Soumont-Saint-Quentin

Calvados · CC du Pays de Falaise · INSEE 14678

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

Few services 22/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Soumont-Saint-Quentin (INSEE 14678) is in Calvados (14), part of CC du Pays de Falaise. Population 659 (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 22/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 16,687 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.74	10	7.43
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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: 593 2023: 659 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 530 (2012) → 659 (2023): 24.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 530 (1990) → 659 (2023): 24.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 271, of which 0.7 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.1 km SWFood shop — 1.1 km SWPharmacy — 1.2 km SWGP — 1.3 km S 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 (Potigny): 1.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Potigny): 1.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Potigny): 1.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Potigny): 1.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Soumont-Saint-Quentin): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7

Days at or below 0 °C 26.8

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DAMBLAINVILLE weather station, 8.4 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 145 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DAMBLAINVILLE, 8.4 km away at 155 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 717 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SASSY, 7.1 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 — 14678/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14678/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14678/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14678/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14516
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14678
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
Camblain-l'Abbé	62	258 km NE	683	20.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Limoges-Fourches	77	216 km E	625	25	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Bosrobert	27	77 km E	668	24.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Beynac	87	373 km S	735	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Barst	57	515 km E	570	22.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Mousseaux-sur-Seine	78	138 km E	689	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bosrobert	27	77 km E	668	24.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Mousseaux-sur-Seine	78	138 km E	689	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Limoges-Fourches	77	216 km E	625	25	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Camblain-l'Abbé	62	258 km NE	683	20.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Beynac	87	373 km S	735	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Barst	57	515 km E	570	22.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Soumont-Saint-Quentin'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
Meulers	76	143 km NE	577	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Épagne-Épagnette	80	195 km NE	510	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Buigny-Saint-Maclou	80	197 km NE	514	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Villiers-Fossard	50	63 km W	646	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Labbeville	95	174 km E	641	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Vibeuf	76	114 km NE	624	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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