La Chapelle-Cécelin
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 27.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Chapelle-Cécelin (INSEE 50121) is in Manche (50), part of CC de Villedieu Intercom. Population 245 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 27.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 78 % of the 17,145 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.76 | 10 | 7.63 |
| Housing mix | 0.86 | 5 | 4.31 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DOUCEURS DE LA CHAPELLE). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | AUX DOUCEURS DE LA CHAPELLE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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 | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 231 (2012) → 245 (2023): 6.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 194 (1990) → 245 (2023): 26.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 131, of which 6.9 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Chapelle-Cécelin): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Chérencé-le-Héron): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny): 5.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Chérencé-le-Héron): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the COULOUVRAY-BOISBENATRE weather station, 5.1 km away at 268 m; the village itself is at 238 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BRECEY, 9.2 km away at 63 m, over 15 summers. [11]
That station sits 175 m below 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 1,391 mm of rain a year, spread over 165 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at COULOUVRAY-BOISBENATRE, 5.1 km away at 268 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 — 50121/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50121/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50121/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50121/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50121
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50130
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50639
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feuillade | 16 | 377 km S | 283 | 22.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Mouche | 50 | 14 km W | 249 | 26.7 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Gildas | 22 | 142 km W | 248 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Châteaubourg | 07 | 623 km SE | 227 | 19.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 % |
| Laguian-Mazous | 32 | 609 km S | 248 | 21.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 97 % |
| Tarasteix | 65 | 617 km S | 267 | 20 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Mouche | 50 | 14 km W | 249 | 26.7 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Gildas | 22 | 142 km W | 248 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Feuillade | 16 | 377 km S | 283 | 22.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Laguian-Mazous | 32 | 609 km S | 248 | 21.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 23 % · winter 97 % |
| Tarasteix | 65 | 617 km S | 267 | 20 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 73 % · humidity 57 % |
| Châteaubourg | 07 | 623 km SE | 227 | 19.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 La Chapelle-Cécelin'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthault | 35 | 33 km S | 248 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cartigny-l'Épinay | 14 | 49 km N | 300 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lacres | 62 | 289 km NE | 250 | 28.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Colmey | 54 | 494 km E | 248 | 10 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Billio | 56 | 151 km SW | 335 | 19.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brémoy | 14 | 34 km NE | 262 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
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