Carolles

Identity

Carolles (INSEE 50102) is in Manche (50), part of CC de Granville, Terre et Mer. Population 774 (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/50102-carolles

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 94 % of the 15,847 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.

Services

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN D'ANTOINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI SUPER). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA PAUSE CAROLLAISE · LA PAILLOTE DE CAROLLES · LE CHALET DES DUNES). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE LUDE · AUBERGE DE CAROLLES). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (CAROLLES AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE CAROLLES). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA GUERINIERE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 804 (2012) → 774 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 554 (1990) → 774 (2023): 39.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,063, of which 60.1 % second homes and 2.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Carolles): 0.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Carolles): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Jullouville): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Jullouville): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Carolles): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

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

Measured at the GRANVILLE weather station, 10.2 km away at 37 m; the village itself is at 57 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PONTORSON, 18.7 km away at 33 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,070 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SARTILLY, 7.8 km away at 75 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

90 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 270,000 € — 2,951 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

17 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 130,000 € — 3,944 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Manche is 1,444 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

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

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50102/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50102/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50102/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50102/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50102
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50066
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025