Villers-Canivet

Calvados · CC du Pays de Falaise · INSEE 14753

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

Few services 22.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 23 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villers-Canivet (INSEE 14753) is in Calvados (14), part of CC du Pays de Falaise. Population 720 (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 22.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 23 % of the 16,292 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	0.93	10	9.34
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 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

1968: 460 peak 2017: 771 2023: 720 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 754 (2012) → 720 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 502 (1990) → 720 (2023): 43.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 300, of which 1.7 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Food shop — 2.4 km WPrimary school — 2.4 km NWGP — 3.3 km NPharmacy — 3.4 km N 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 (Villers-Canivet): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ussy): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Potigny): 3.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Potigny): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ussy): 2.4 km to the north-west (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. ^[11]

Measured at the DAMBLAINVILLE weather station, 7.8 km away at 155 m; the village itself is at 160 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at DAMBLAINVILLE, 7.8 km away at 155 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 914 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GERMAIN LANGOT, 5.8 km away at 197 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 — 14753/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14753/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14753/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14753/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14753
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14720
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14516
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
Lorry-Mardigny	57	463 km E	683	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-de-Folleville	76	85 km NE	785	18.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Écuires	62	221 km NE	682	14.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Contamine-Sarzin	74	570 km SE	733	23	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Mittainvilliers-Vérigny	28	125 km SE	801	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Soulosse-sous-Saint-Élophe	88	444 km E	649	19.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Jean-de-Folleville	76	85 km NE	785	18.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Mittainvilliers-Vérigny	28	125 km SE	801	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Écuires	62	221 km NE	682	14.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Soulosse-sous-Saint-Élophe	88	444 km E	649	19.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Lorry-Mardigny	57	463 km E	683	23.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Contamine-Sarzin	74	570 km SE	733	23	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · 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 Villers-Canivet'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
Écuires	62	221 km NE	682	14.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Le Bocasse	76	122 km NE	654	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Campagne-lès-Boulonnais	62	246 km NE	669	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Villiers-Fossard	50	64 km NW	646	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cléty	62	259 km NE	805	31.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Menneville	62	245 km NE	670	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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