Bricqueville-sur-Mer

Manche · CC de Granville, Terre et Mer · INSEE 50085

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 34.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bricqueville-sur-Mer (INSEE 50085) is in Manche (50), part of CC de Granville, Terre et Mer. Population 1,261 (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/50085-bricqueville-sur-mer

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 12,926 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.55	5	2.77

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (LA CAHUTE · RESTAURANT COULEURS SAVEURS · LA PASSERELLE · AU CALA PUNTAL · LE PETIT COUP DE POUCE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Swimming pool (POSTE DE SECOURS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (BOSQUET MICHAELLE). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (AIRE NATURELLE LES SALINES · AIRE NATURELLE LES HAUTS VENTS). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	6	LA CAHUTE · RESTAURANT COULEURS SAVEURS · LA PASSERELLE · AU CALA PUNTAL · LE PETIT COUP DE POUCE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	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	1	POSTE DE SECOURS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	BOSQUET MICHAELLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	2	AIRE NATURELLE LES SALINES · AIRE NATURELLE LES HAUTS VENTS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 774 2023: 1,261 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,173 (2012) → 1,261 (2023): 7.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 810 (1990) → 1,261 (2023): 55.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 837, of which 22.3 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.4 km SEGP — 1.4 km SEPharmacy — 1.5 km SEBakery — 1.6 km SE 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 (Bréhal): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bréhal): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bréhal): 1.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bréhal): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bricqueville-sur-Mer): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 34.5

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LONGUEVILLE weather station, 6.8 km away at 5 m; the village itself is at 42 m. ^[10]

An average of 815 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LONGUEVILLE, 6.8 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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50085/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50085/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50085/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50085/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50076
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50085
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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
Hilsprich	57	616 km E	847	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 55 %
Saint-Clair	07	619 km SE	1,348	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 92 %
Rivières	81	617 km SE	1,061	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 5 % · winter 84 %
Coimères	33	501 km S	1,103	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 92 %
Treis-Sants-en-Ouche	27	156 km E	1,321	23	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 69 %
Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie	85	243 km S	1,234	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Treis-Sants-en-Ouche	27	156 km E	1,321	23	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 69 %
Saint-Maixent-sur-Vie	85	243 km S	1,234	26.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 85 %
Coimères	33	501 km S	1,103	36.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 92 %
Hilsprich	57	616 km E	847	31.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 55 %
Rivières	81	617 km SE	1,061	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 5 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Clair	07	619 km SE	1,348	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 92 %

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