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Champrepus

Manche · CC de Villedieu Intercom · INSEE 50118

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

Few services 27.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Champrepus (INSEE 50118) is in Manche (50), part of CC de Villedieu Intercom. Population 322 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/50118-champrepus

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 17,980 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.632012.64
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.72107.15
Housing mix0.7253.62

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 0 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 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE MOULIN). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LES SOURCES). [4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LE MOULININSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar1LES SOURCESINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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

1968: 347 2023: 322 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 318 (2012) → 322 (2023): 1.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 265 (1990) → 322 (2023): 21.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 196, of which 13.8 % second homes and 13.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.7 km W (Beauchamps)GP — 5.3 km NW (Gavray-sur-Sienne)Bakery — 6.1 km E (Fleury)Food shop — 6.9 km SW (La Haye-Pesnel)Pharmacy — 7.0 km SW (La Haye-Pesnel)
Primary school — 2.7 km WGP — 5.3 km NWBakery — 6.1 km EFood shop — 6.9 km SWPharmacy — 7.0 km SW 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 (Fleury): 6.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (La Haye-Pesnel): 6.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Gavray-sur-Sienne): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (La Haye-Pesnel): 7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Beauchamps): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the BRECEY weather station, 16.1 km away at 63 m; the village itself is at 117 m. [12]

The village sits 54 m above 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. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at BRECEY, 16.1 km away at 63 m, over 15 summers. [12]

That station sits 54 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 1,131 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at EQUILLY, 4.9 km away at 101 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50118/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50118/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50118/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50118/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50185
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50237
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50197
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50038
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Charentonnay18364 km SE28226Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Fougerolles36347 km SE34928.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gonlay3597 km SW37729.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Locquignol59394 km NE30130.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Lalacelle6195 km SE26325.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
La Feuillie5040 km N30227.1Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Feuillie5040 km N30227.1Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Lalacelle6195 km SE26325.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gonlay3597 km SW37729.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Fougerolles36347 km SE34928.3Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Charentonnay18364 km SE28226Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Locquignol59394 km NE30130.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · 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 Champrepus'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Gonlay3597 km SW37729.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Locquignol59394 km NE30130.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Lalacelle6195 km SE26325.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Montjoie-Saint-Martin5034 km S25023.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Colombier42593 km SE29420.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chamblac27137 km E35318No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %