Vaucelles

Calvados · CC de Bayeux Intercom · INSEE 14728

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

Few services 23.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vaucelles (INSEE 14728) is in Calvados (14), part of CC de Bayeux Intercom. Population 599 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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 23.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 17,078 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.87	5	4.36

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	1	ALDI MARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 187 2023: 599 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 366 (2012) → 599 (2023): 63.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 217 (1990) → 599 (2023): 176 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 266, of which 6.4 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 1.1 km EGP — 1.6 km SEPharmacy — 1.7 km SEPrimary school — 1.8 km EBakery — 2.0 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): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vaucelles): 1.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bayeux): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bayeux): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bayeux): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

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, 2.3 km away at 60 m; the village itself is at 28 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PORT EN BESSIN, 7.4 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, 2.3 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 — 14728/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14728/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14728/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14728/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14047
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14728
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
Monceaux-en-Bessin	14	4.7 km SE	601	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Uttenheim	67	617 km E	596	16.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-sous-Préaux	76	140 km E	569	14	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Champillon	51	344 km E	510	10.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 23 % · humidity 93 %
Ville-sur-Lumes	08	402 km E	530	17.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 %
Thillois	51	341 km E	514	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Monceaux-en-Bessin	14	4.7 km SE	601	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-sous-Préaux	76	140 km E	569	14	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Thillois	51	341 km E	514	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Champillon	51	344 km E	510	10.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 23 % · humidity 93 %
Ville-sur-Lumes	08	402 km E	530	17.5	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 %
Uttenheim	67	617 km E	596	16.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 18 % · 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 Vaucelles'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
Monceaux-en-Bessin	14	4.7 km SE	601	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bény-sur-Mer	14	22 km E	467	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Trégarantec	29	272 km W	634	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Torcy-le-Petit	76	150 km NE	518	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Setques	62	261 km NE	594	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Isques	62	230 km NE	1,122	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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