Vieux
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 25.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Vieux (INSEE 14747) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Vallées de l'Orne et de l'Odon. Population 727 (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 25.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 31 % of the 16,249 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 | 0.48 | 20 | 9.5 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.58 | 10 | 5.83 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.8 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (AMIARD SUZANNE · LA ROULOTTE · DOUNIA MOUSTAID). [3,4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE 6 BIS RUE SAINT LAURENT). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 | 3 | AMIARD SUZANNE · LA ROULOTTE · DOUNIA MOUSTAID | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE 6 BIS RUE SAINT LAURENT | 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] | |
| 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
Population 715 (2012) → 727 (2023): 1.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 671 (1990) → 727 (2023): 8.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 306, of which 2 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Feuguerolles-Bully): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Amayé-sur-Orne): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Feuguerolles-Bully): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Fontaine-Étoupefour): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Feuguerolles-Bully): 1.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CAEN-CARPIQUET weather station, 7.9 km away at 67 m; the village itself is at 67 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at CAEN-CARPIQUET, 7.9 km away at 67 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 749 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 5.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at FONTENAY LE MAR, 6.3 km away at 58 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
49 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 254,000 € — 2,268 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Calvados is 2,026 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [12]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14747/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14747/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14747/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14747/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14266
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14006
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14274
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choloy-Ménillot | 54 | 459 km E | 700 | 22.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Baussaine | 35 | 139 km SW | 675 | 26.5 | Few services | no figures |
| Vérin | 42 | 564 km SE | 666 | 27 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 % |
| Frozes | 86 | 276 km S | 621 | 26.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 % |
| Pontoy | 57 | 489 km E | 613 | 25.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
| Colombine | 70 | 496 km E | 605 | 25.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Baussaine | 35 | 139 km SW | 675 | 26.5 | Few services | no figures |
| Frozes | 86 | 276 km S | 621 | 26.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 % |
| Choloy-Ménillot | 54 | 459 km E | 700 | 22.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pontoy | 57 | 489 km E | 613 | 25.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
| Colombine | 70 | 496 km E | 605 | 25.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vérin | 42 | 564 km SE | 666 | 27 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Vieux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosel | 14 | 13 km N | 696 | 22.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Audincthun | 62 | 246 km NE | 684 | 30.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Cours | 56 | 216 km SW | 697 | 33.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lavau-sur-Loire | 44 | 231 km SW | 773 | 30.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Gondran | 35 | 139 km SW | 651 | 34.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ouville-l'Abbaye | 76 | 114 km NE | 649 | 23.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
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