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Beuzeville-la-Bastille

Manche · CC de la Baie du Cotentin · INSEE 50052

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 8.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beuzeville-la-Bastille (INSEE 50052) is in Manche (50), part of CC de la Baie du Cotentin. Population 148 (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/50052-beuzeville-la-bastille

Vitality score

Vitality score 8.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 10 % of the 13,969 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.39103.92
Housing mix0.6753.35

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 243 2023: 148 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 161 (2012) → 148 (2023): -8.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 166 (1990) → 148 (2023): -10.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 97, of which 16.5 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 3.3 km NE (Sainte-Mère-Église)Primary school — 3.5 km NE (Sainte-Mère-Église)Bakery — 3.6 km NE (Sainte-Mère-Église)GP — 4.3 km NW (Picauville)Pharmacy — 6.8 km NE (Sainte-Mère-Église)
Food shop — 3.3 km NEPrimary school — 3.5 km NEBakery — 3.6 km NEGP — 4.3 km NWPharmacy — 6.8 km NE 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 (Sainte-Mère-Église): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Sainte-Mère-Église): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Picauville): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Mère-Église): 6.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Sainte-Mère-Église): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BAUPTE weather station, 5.7 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 8 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at STE MARIE DU MO, 15.4 km away at 5 m, over 26 summers. [10]

An average of 1,028 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at PICAUVILLE, 3 km away at 23 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50052/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50052/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50052/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50052/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50523
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50400
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Alièze39602 km SE14911.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %
Ouagne58420 km SE1496.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Denis-des-Puits28215 km SE15015.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Trois-Villes64693 km S1489.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 84 %
Rotalier39595 km SE1517.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Charmes52519 km E15114.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Denis-des-Puits28215 km SE15015.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ouagne58420 km SE1496.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Charmes52519 km E15114.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Rotalier39595 km SE1517.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Alièze39602 km SE14911.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 34 % · humidity 100 %
Trois-Villes64693 km S1489.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 54 % · winter 84 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Caulaincourt02327 km E14313.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Hiermont80264 km E1508.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Tertry80325 km E1457.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Reuville76167 km E15213.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bénesville76165 km E15811.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Lambert-sur-Dive61121 km SE13410.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %