Besneville

Identity

Besneville (INSEE 50049) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 661 (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/50049-besneville

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 16,656 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 691 (2012) → 661 (2023): -4.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 536 (1990) → 661 (2023): 23.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 389, of which 21.3 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Jacques-de-Néhou): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Port-Bail-sur-Mer): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Port-Bail-sur-Mer): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Port-Bail-sur-Mer): 6.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Besneville): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BRICQUEBEC weather station, 10.4 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 39 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at VALOGNES, 18.8 km away at 61 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,069 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at FIERVILLE-LES-M, 4 km away at 72 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

49 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 152,870 € — 1,333 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Manche is 1,444 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50049/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50049/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50049/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50049/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50486
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50412
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50049
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025