Vire Normandie
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 66.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Vire Normandie (INSEE 14762) is in Calvados (14), part of CC Intercom de la Vire au Noireau. Population 17,457 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 8 former communes: Coulonces (14187), Maisoncelles-la-Jourdan (14388), Roullours (14545), Saint-Germain-de-Tallevende-la-Lande-Vaumont (14584), Saint-Martin-de-Tallevende (14631), Truttemer-le-Grand (14717), Truttemer-le-Petit (14718), Vaudry (14730). [3]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 66.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 66 % of the 1,379 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 | 0.69 | 25 | 17.37 |
| Social | 0.88 | 20 | 17.68 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.6 | 10 | 5.98 |
| Public & culture | 0.17 | 5 | 0.85 |
| Population trend | 0.45 | 10 | 4.49 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.71 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
12 × Bakery (boulangerie) (O'PAIN BENIT · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · L AVENUE DES SAVEURS). [4,5]
9 × Butcher (boucherie) (ANDOUILLE ASSELOT · MOULIN FABRICE · CALIDEL · LES TRIPES VIROISES). [4,5]
8 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (UTILE · ANZI MARKET · O BOCAGE · ECOMIAM · FVMG). [4,5]
6 × Supermarket (CENTRE LECLERC · LIDL · INTERMARCHE · ALDI MARCHE VIRE · CARREFOUR CONTACT). [4,5]
3 × Fishmonger (REGNAULT ODILE · GAUTIER-REGNAULT). [4,5]
38 × Restaurant (BUFFALO GRILL · SARL LE VRAI NORMAND · O SAVEURS DE TALLEVENDE · LE BERBERE). [4,5]
12 × Café / bar (L'IMPREVU · ARAMIS · BAAN THAI · CAFE DU THEATRE · LE GAMBRINUS). [5]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE A PAPWORTH). [4]
6 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LES VERTS PRES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MOULIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ANDRE MALRAUX · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE GROUPE CASTEL). [4]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE MAUPAS · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT-JEAN-EUDES). [4]
13 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SERGE VAN DEN BOSSCHE, MÉDECIN · ANGELE PAUGAM, MÉDECIN · GREGOIRE K'DUAL, MÉDECIN · GEOFFREY RENDU, MÉDECIN · MARCEL PAUGAM, MÉDECIN). [4]
4 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GUIBOURG · PHARMACIE DE VAUDRY · SELARL PHARMACIE LAIR PORTE HORLOGE · PHARMACENTER). [4,5]
2 × Post office / agence postale (ST GERMAIN DE TALLEVENDE LANDE RP · LA POSTE). [4]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE VIRE NORMANDIE). [4]
1 × Cinema (LE BASSELIN). [4]
6 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU VAL DE VIRE · STADE DE L ORIENT · ESPACE BERTRAND LE CHEVREL · STADE PIERRE COMPTE · LYCEE MARIE CURIE). [4]
9 × Bank (CAISSE D EPARGNE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST · CREDIT AGRICOLE NORMANDIE · BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE · SOCIETE GENERALE). [4]
24 × Hairdresser (GOMINA COIFFURE · INTHAIR COIFFURE · ERASE · ALMIN MARYLENE). [4,5]
7 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [4,5]
3 × Hotel (CAMPANILE · HOTEL MODERNE - BAR LE CLUB · HOTEL DE FRANCE). [4,5]
2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL · RÉSIDENCE GREEN PARK). [4,5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 7 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Butcher (boucherie), 6 × Restaurant, 2 × Primary school (élémentaire), 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 9 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 12 | O'PAIN BENIT · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · L AVENUE DES SAVEURS | INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 23 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 9 | ANDOUILLE ASSELOT · MOULIN FABRICE · CALIDEL · LES TRIPES VIROISES | INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 8 | UTILE · ANZI MARKET · O BOCAGE · ECOMIAM · FVMG | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [4,5] |
| Supermarket | 6 | CENTRE LECLERC · LIDL · INTERMARCHE · ALDI MARCHE VIRE · CARREFOUR CONTACT | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [4,5] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 3 | REGNAULT ODILE · GAUTIER-REGNAULT | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5] |
| Restaurant | 38 | BUFFALO GRILL · SARL LE VRAI NORMAND · O SAVEURS DE TALLEVENDE · LE BERBERE | INSEE BPE 38 / INSEE SIRENE 56 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 12 | L'IMPREVU · ARAMIS · BAAN THAI · CAFE DU THEATRE · LE GAMBRINUS | INSEE SIRENE 12 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE A PAPWORTH | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 6 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE LES VERTS PRES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN MOULIN · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE ANDRE MALRAUX · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE GROUPE CASTEL | INSEE BPE 6 [4] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE MAUPAS · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT-JEAN-EUDES | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 13 | SERGE VAN DEN BOSSCHE, MÉDECIN · ANGELE PAUGAM, MÉDECIN · GREGOIRE K'DUAL, MÉDECIN · GEOFFREY RENDU, MÉDECIN · MARCEL PAUGAM, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 13 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 4 | PHARMACIE GUIBOURG · PHARMACIE DE VAUDRY · SELARL PHARMACIE LAIR PORTE HORLOGE · PHARMACENTER | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | ST GERMAIN DE TALLEVENDE LANDE RP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE VIRE NORMANDIE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 1 | LE BASSELIN | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Gym / sports hall | 6 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF DU VAL DE VIRE · STADE DE L ORIENT · ESPACE BERTRAND LE CHEVREL · STADE PIERRE COMPTE · LYCEE MARIE CURIE | INSEE BPE 6 [4] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 9 | CAISSE D EPARGNE · BANQUE CIC NORD OUEST · CREDIT AGRICOLE NORMANDIE · BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE · SOCIETE GENERALE | INSEE BPE 9 [4] |
| Hairdresser | 24 | GOMINA COIFFURE · INTHAIR COIFFURE · ERASE · ALMIN MARYLENE | INSEE BPE 24 / INSEE SIRENE 28 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 7 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
| Hotel | 3 | CAMPANILE · HOTEL MODERNE - BAR LE CLUB · HOTEL DE FRANCE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5] |
| Campsite | 2 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL · RÉSIDENCE GREEN PARK | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 17,884 (2012) → 17,457 (2023): -2.4 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 18,397 (1990) → 17,457 (2023): -5.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 9,998, of which 2.9 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Vire Normandie): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Vire Normandie): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Vire Normandie): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Vire Normandie): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Vire Normandie): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the VIRE HIPPODROME weather station, 1.6 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 179 m. [10]
The village sits 79 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at VIRE HIPPODROME, 1.6 km away at 100 m, over 21 summers. [10]
That station sits 79 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 924 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at VIRE HIPPODROME, 1.6 km away at 100 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 — 14762/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14762/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14762/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 14762/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14762
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marmande | 47 | 489 km S | 17,328 | 70.2 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 % |
| Lattes | 34 | 692 km SE | 17,351 | 69.8 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 % |
| Brignoles | 83 | 807 km SE | 17,850 | 70.2 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cluses | 74 | 641 km SE | 17,795 | 65.7 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 % |
| Ducos | 972 | 6,619 km W | 18,105 | 65.6 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 32 % · humidity 0 % |
| Yutz | 57 | 519 km E | 17,391 | 61.7 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marmande | 47 | 489 km S | 17,328 | 70.2 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 85 % · humidity 50 % |
| Yutz | 57 | 519 km E | 17,391 | 61.7 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 80 % |
| Cluses | 74 | 641 km SE | 17,795 | 65.7 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 % |
| Lattes | 34 | 692 km SE | 17,351 | 69.8 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 55 % · humidity 0 % |
| Brignoles | 83 | 807 km SE | 17,850 | 70.2 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ducos | 972 | 6,619 km W | 18,105 | 65.6 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 32 % · 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 Vire Normandie'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-Amand-les-Eaux | 59 | 359 km NE | 15,974 | 62.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Longwy | 54 | 490 km E | 15,679 | 66.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Senlis | 60 | 256 km E | 15,157 | 61.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Flers | 61 | 25 km SE | 14,432 | 63.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Denain | 59 | 350 km NE | 20,665 | 69.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Crépy-en-Valois | 60 | 279 km E | 14,351 | 62.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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