Bretteville
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 24.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bretteville (INSEE 50077) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 1,027 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/50077-bretteville
Vitality score
Vitality score 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 16 % of the 14,132 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 | 0.2 | 20 | 3.93 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.88 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.52 | 10 | 5.19 |
| Housing mix | 0.62 | 5 | 3.09 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LA BELLE MER). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FLORENCE CARDONA, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE HARDOUIN, MÉDECIN · DÉBORAH DUBRUILLE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BRETTEVILLE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | LA BELLE MER | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | FLORENCE CARDONA, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE HARDOUIN, MÉDECIN · DÉBORAH DUBRUILLE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BRETTEVILLE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,069 (2012) → 1,027 (2023): -3.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,008 (1990) → 1,027 (2023): 1.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 671, of which 19.1 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Digosville): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Cherbourg-en-Cotentin): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Bretteville): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Digosville): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Bretteville): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 7 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the GONNEVILLE weather station, 4.1 km away at 134 m; the village itself is at 16 m. [11]
The village sits 118 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 GONNEVILLE, 4.1 km away at 134 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 118 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 954 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at GONNEVILLE, 4.1 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
102 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 260,500 € — 2,203 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Manche is 1,444 € per m², so this commune sits above 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 — 50077/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50077/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50077/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50077/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50162
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50129
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50077
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey | 01 | 664 km SE | 1,152 | 32.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 20 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Ferréol | 74 | 727 km SE | 874 | 26.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 0 % |
| Saint-André-le-Puy | 42 | 621 km SE | 1,530 | 30.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 15 % · humidity 0 % |
| Husseren-Wesserling | 68 | 654 km E | 1,022 | 32.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| Aigné | 72 | 214 km SE | 1,695 | 29.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villiers-Saint-Denis | 02 | 355 km E | 997 | 29 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aigné | 72 | 214 km SE | 1,695 | 29.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villiers-Saint-Denis | 02 | 355 km E | 997 | 29 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-André-le-Puy | 42 | 621 km SE | 1,530 | 30.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 15 % · humidity 0 % |
| Husseren-Wesserling | 68 | 654 km E | 1,022 | 32.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey | 01 | 664 km SE | 1,152 | 32.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 20 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Ferréol | 74 | 727 km SE | 874 | 26.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 0 % |
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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 Bretteville'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Quay-Perros | 22 | 170 km SW | 1,308 | 50.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bierne | 59 | 315 km NE | 1,716 | 33.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Uxem | 59 | 322 km NE | 1,518 | 28.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lampaul-Guimiliau | 29 | 225 km SW | 2,032 | 44.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Treffiagat | 29 | 288 km SW | 2,429 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Languenan | 22 | 135 km S | 1,170 | 29.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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