Tour-en-Bessin

Calvados · CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom · INSEE 14700

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

Partly served 40/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Tour-en-Bessin (INSEE 14700) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom. Population 692 (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 40/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 16,447 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.85	10	8.52
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.45

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU' TOUR DE L'EPI'S RIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LP EVENT). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (TOUR EN BESSIN AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	AU' TOUR DE L'EPI'S RIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Café / bar	1	LP EVENT	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	TOUR EN BESSIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 452 2023: 692 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 596 (2012) → 692 (2023): 16.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 512 (1990) → 692 (2023): 35.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 291, of which 5.5 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school GP — 4.7 km SEPharmacy — 4.8 km SEBakery — 5.1 km E 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 (Bayeux): 5.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tour-en-Bessin): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bayeux): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bayeux): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Tour-en-Bessin): 0.3 km to the south-west (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. ^[10]

Measured at the BAYEUX weather station, 5.4 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 40 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PORT EN BESSIN, 5.8 km away at 68 m, over 13 summers. ^[10]

An average of 795 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BAYEUX, 5.4 km away at 60 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 — 14700/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14700/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14700/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14700/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14047
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14700
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
Laons	28	157 km SE	648	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Pommier-de-Beaurepaire	38	620 km SE	731	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 15 % · humidity 86 %
Trouville-la-Haule	27	99 km E	758	37.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Vouzeron	18	317 km SE	578	39.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 23 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Agnan	71	466 km SE	697	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %
Brévonnes	10	393 km E	673	31	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Trouville-la-Haule	27	99 km E	758	37.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Laons	28	157 km SE	648	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Vouzeron	18	317 km SE	578	39.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 23 % · humidity 71 %
Brévonnes	10	393 km E	673	31	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Agnan	71	466 km SE	697	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %
Pommier-de-Beaurepaire	38	620 km SE	731	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 15 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Tour-en-Bessin'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
Gausson	22	182 km SW	648	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Thois	29	260 km SW	703	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Gueures	76	140 km NE	522	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Yvias	22	178 km W	765	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Comblessac	35	185 km SW	671	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Le Tréhou	29	265 km W	633	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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