Caorches-Saint-Nicolas

Eure · CC Intercom Bernay Terres de Normandie · INSEE 27129

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

No daily shops 18.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Caorches-Saint-Nicolas (INSEE 27129) is in Eure (27), part of CC Intercom Bernay Terres de Normandie. Population 601 (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 18.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 17,050 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.55	10	5.54
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	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)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 331 2023: 601 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 583 (2012) → 601 (2023): 3.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 570 (1990) → 601 (2023): 5.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 307, of which 8.1 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.3 km NGP — 3.5 km NEBakery — 3.8 km EPharmacy — 3.9 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 (Bernay): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bernay): 2.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bernay): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bernay): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Caorches-Saint-Nicolas): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.8

Days at or below 0 °C 42.1

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BERNAY weather station, 2.9 km away at 166 m; the village itself is at 156 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at BERNAY, 2.9 km away at 166 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 686 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BERNAY, 2.9 km away at 166 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 — 27129/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27129/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27129/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27129/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27056
INSEE BPE 2025 — 27129
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
Renty	62	200 km NE	596	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maurice-le-Girard	85	289 km S	597	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Haravilliers	95	110 km E	589	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-d'Écublei	61	33 km S	625	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Brion	89	248 km SE	612	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurs	79	296 km S	615	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Martin-d'Écublei	61	33 km S	625	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Haravilliers	95	110 km E	589	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Renty	62	200 km NE	596	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Brion	89	248 km SE	612	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-le-Girard	85	289 km S	597	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurs	79	296 km S	615	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Caorches-Saint-Nicolas'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
Renty	62	200 km NE	596	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Haravilliers	95	110 km E	589	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-d'Écublei	61	33 km S	625	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Tubersent	62	181 km NE	578	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Mézières-en-Vexin	27	71 km E	607	18.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Grazay	53	116 km SW	629	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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