Céaux

Manche · CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie · INSEE 50108

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

Few services 32.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Céaux (INSEE 50108) is in Manche (50), part of CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. Population 414 (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/50108-ceaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,984 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.54	10	5.43
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 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 2 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (MERE ET FILLE). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (AU P'TIT QUINQUIN). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANDRE PARISY). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LES MONTOIS). ^[4,3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA BAIE DU MONT SAINT MICHEL). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	MERE ET FILLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Café / bar	1	AU P'TIT QUINQUIN	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANDRE PARISY	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	1	HOTEL LES MONTOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LA BAIE DU MONT SAINT MICHEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 450 peak 1975: 460 2023: 414 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 437 (2012) → 414 (2023): -5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 397 (1990) → 414 (2023): 4.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 242, of which 14.5 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.7 km EFood shop — 3.7 km NEGP — 3.9 km NEPharmacy — 5.6 km NE 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 (Pontaubault): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Avranches): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Avranches): 3.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Avranches): 5.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Céaux): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.5

Days at or below 0 °C 27.1

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PONTORSON weather station, 10.1 km away at 33 m; the village itself is at 26 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PONTORSON, 10.1 km away at 33 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 813 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PONTORSON, 10.1 km away at 33 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50108/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50108/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50108/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50108/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50408
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50025
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50108
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
Marchampt	69	529 km SE	450	38	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Froult	17	303 km S	400	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
La Dornac	24	446 km SE	407	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Maintenay	62	301 km NE	451	34.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 73 %
Montreuil-Poulay	53	70 km SE	373	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Cenves	69	524 km SE	409	35.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montreuil-Poulay	53	70 km SE	373	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Maintenay	62	301 km NE	451	34.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 73 %
Saint-Froult	17	303 km S	400	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
La Dornac	24	446 km SE	407	37.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Cenves	69	524 km SE	409	35.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Marchampt	69	529 km SE	450	38	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 43 % · 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 Céaux'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
Bellebrune	62	326 km NE	427	39.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cappy	80	333 km NE	546	40.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Belmesnil	76	218 km NE	440	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Helléan	56	109 km SW	395	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-d'Elle	50	65 km NE	380	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Jouy-sur-Eure	27	202 km E	541	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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