Belval

Identity

Belval (INSEE 50044) is in Manche (50), part of CC Coutances Mer et Bocage. Population 333 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/50044-belval

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 17,999 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.

Services

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

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (SOCIETE DULIN VILLAIN · LEGLUAIS MANU). ^[4,3]

1 × Restaurant (DAVID LE ROTISSEUR). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (AU PTIT BELVALAIS). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BELVAL RP). ^[4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 302 (2012) → 333 (2023): 10.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 274 (1990) → 333 (2023): 21.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 163, of which 5.5 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Courcy): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Coutances): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Coutances): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Courcy): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CERISY LA SALLE weather station, 4.8 km away at 134 m; the village itself is at 71 m. ^[11]

The village sits 63 m below 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at CERISY LA SALLE, 4.8 km away at 134 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 63 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,104 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CERISY LA SALLE, 4.8 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50044/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50044/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50044/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50044/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50145
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50389
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50147
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024