Airel

Manche · CA Saint-Lô Agglo · INSEE 50004

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

Few services 32.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Airel (INSEE 50004) is in Manche (50), part of CA Saint-Lô Agglo. Population 515 (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 32.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 17,741 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.48	10	4.79
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MELITOM). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPI SERVICE MAT LE BAR). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (AIREL RP). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MELITOM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPI SERVICE MAT LE BAR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	AIREL RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 557 2023: 515 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 539 (2012) → 515 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 526 (1990) → 515 (2023): -2.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 282, of which 7.8 % second homes and 11 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Bakery — 0.6 km NWPharmacy — 0.8 km WPrimary school — 1.0 km WGP — 4.7 km SE 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 (Airel): 0.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Airel): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Fromond): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Fromond): 1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 26.5

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PONT-HEBERT weather station, 6 km away at 58 m; the village itself is at 9 m. ^[11]

An average of 971 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PONT-HEBERT, 6 km away at 58 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 — 50004/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50004/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50004/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50004/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50004
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50455
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50468
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
L'Isle-de-Noé	32	637 km S	529	46	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 15 % · winter 85 %
Gevigney-et-Mercey	70	540 km E	532	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 26 %
Hannonville-sous-les-Côtes	55	491 km E	556	44.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 47 %
Belles-Fontaines	70	594 km E	600	23.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 39 %
Solterre	45	316 km SE	466	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 62 %
Montdragon	81	652 km SE	614	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 74 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Solterre	45	316 km SE	466	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 62 %
Hannonville-sous-les-Côtes	55	491 km E	556	44.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 47 %
Gevigney-et-Mercey	70	540 km E	532	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 26 %
Belles-Fontaines	70	594 km E	600	23.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 39 %
L'Isle-de-Noé	32	637 km S	529	46	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 15 % · winter 85 %
Montdragon	81	652 km SE	614	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 74 %

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