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Boutteville

Manche · CC de la Baie du Cotentin · INSEE 50070

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

No daily shops 17.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boutteville (INSEE 50070) is in Manche (50), part of CC de la Baie du Cotentin. Population 57 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/50070-boutteville

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 5,756 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.62106.18
Housing mix0.4952.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 72 peak 2017: 73 2023: 57 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 58 (2012) → 57 (2023): -1.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 51 (1990) → 57 (2023): 11.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 39, of which 25.6 % second homes and 0 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.6 km SE (Sainte-Marie-du-Mont)Food shop — 2.6 km SE (Sainte-Marie-du-Mont)Primary school — 2.6 km SE (Sainte-Marie-du-Mont)Pharmacy — 4.8 km NW (Sainte-Mère-Église)GP — 4.9 km NW (Sainte-Mère-Église)
Bakery — 2.6 km SEFood shop — 2.6 km SEPrimary school — 2.6 km SEPharmacy — 4.8 km NWGP — 4.9 km NW 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-Marie-du-Mont): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Sainte-Marie-du-Mont): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Sainte-Mère-Église): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Mère-Église): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Sainte-Marie-du-Mont): 2.6 km to the south-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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the STE MARIE DU MO weather station, 6.6 km away at 5 m; the village itself is at 28 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, 6.6 km away at 5 m, over 26 summers. [10]

An average of 886 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at STE MARIE DU MO, 6.6 km away at 5 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 — 50070/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50070/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50070/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50070/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50509
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50523
  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
Riolas31692 km S5722.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Ternant-les-Eaux63546 km SE5921.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 4 % · humidity 93 %
Bartherans25593 km SE6020.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 22 % · humidity 100 %
Échevis26697 km SE5822.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hilaire-Luc19518 km SE6513.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Hurecourt70563 km E4815.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Hilaire-Luc19518 km SE6513.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Ternant-les-Eaux63546 km SE5921.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 4 % · humidity 93 %
Hurecourt70563 km E4815.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Bartherans25593 km SE6020.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 22 % · humidity 100 %
Riolas31692 km S5722.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Échevis26697 km SE5822.7Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 51 % · 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 Boutteville'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Les Cent-Acres76178 km E6522.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Deux-Jumeaux1422 km E616.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Les Ifs76199 km E6714.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Grimesnil5049 km S7113.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Asnières-en-Bessin1423 km E7310.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Magoar22179 km SW755No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %