Villy-Bocage

Calvados · CC Pré-Bocage Intercom · INSEE 14760

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

Few services 27.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villy-Bocage (INSEE 14760) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Pré-Bocage Intercom. Population 728 (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 27.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 16,213 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.63	10	6.27
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU TIRE BOUCHON). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (ARMELLE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	1	AU TIRE BOUCHON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	2	ARMELLE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 373 peak 2012: 787 2023: 728 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 787 (2012) → 728 (2023): -7.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 646 (1990) → 728 (2023): 12.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 330, of which 2.7 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.5 km SPharmacy — 1.7 km SWBakery — 1.8 km SWGP — 1.8 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 (Villers-Bocage): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villers-Bocage): 1.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Villers-Bocage): 1.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Villers-Bocage): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villy-Bocage): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 26.9

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINT GEORGES D weather station, 7.4 km away at 185 m; the village itself is at 154 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LIVRY, 9 km away at 194 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 972 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAINT GEORGES D, 7.4 km away at 185 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 — 14760/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14760/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14760/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14760/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14752
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14760
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
Flocques	76	179 km NE	729	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 89 %
Illhaeusern	68	602 km E	717	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Caprais	18	322 km SE	747	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf	27	94 km NE	749	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Berthenay	37	211 km SE	707	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pandelon	40	604 km S	749	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf	27	94 km NE	749	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Flocques	76	179 km NE	729	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 89 %
Berthenay	37	211 km SE	707	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Caprais	18	322 km SE	747	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 71 %
Illhaeusern	68	602 km E	717	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pandelon	40	604 km S	749	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Villy-Bocage'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
Saint-Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf	27	94 km NE	749	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Monthuchon	50	57 km W	705	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Gourhel	56	180 km SW	711	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lynde	59	284 km NE	783	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Biville-la-Baignarde	76	141 km NE	661	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Carly	62	241 km NE	638	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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