Brainville
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 16.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Brainville (INSEE 50072) is in Manche (50), part of CC Coutances Mer et Bocage. Population 214 (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/50072-brainville
Vitality score
Vitality score 16.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 40 % of the 16,393 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.76 | 5 | 3.78 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 226 (2012) → 214 (2023): -5.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 131 (1990) → 214 (2023): 63.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 98, of which 12.2 % second homes and 1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Tourville-sur-Sienne): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Tourville-sur-Sienne): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Coutances): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Coutances): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Gratot): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the COUTANCES weather station, 5.5 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 85 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at GOUVILLE, 8.1 km away at 7 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 78 m below 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 1,089 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at COUTANCES, 5.5 km away at 80 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
11 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 165,000 € — 1,338 € 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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50072/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50072/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50072/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50072/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50603
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50147
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50219
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cezay | 42 | 550 km SE | 211 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| Boutencourt | 60 | 245 km E | 213 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Varouville | 50 | 66 km N | 216 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Loup-de-Buffigny | 10 | 383 km E | 216 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pardoult | 17 | 352 km S | 211 | 12 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bouchy-Saint-Genest | 51 | 370 km E | 213 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varouville | 50 | 66 km N | 216 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Boutencourt | 60 | 245 km E | 213 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pardoult | 17 | 352 km S | 211 | 12 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bouchy-Saint-Genest | 51 | 370 km E | 213 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Loup-de-Buffigny | 10 | 383 km E | 216 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cezay | 42 | 550 km SE | 211 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Brainville'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.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cocquerel | 80 | 271 km NE | 220 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Arganchy | 14 | 59 km E | 220 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Touffreville-sur-Eu | 76 | 228 km NE | 226 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Érin | 62 | 306 km NE | 221 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Ouen-sous-Bailly | 76 | 222 km NE | 221 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fourches | 14 | 107 km E | 215 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
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