Chérencé-le-Héron
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 33.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Chérencé-le-Héron (INSEE 50130) is in Manche (50), part of CC de Villedieu Intercom. Population 436 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 33.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 74 % of the 17,925 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 | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.73 | 10 | 7.32 |
| Housing mix | 0.7 | 5 | 3.52 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE PTIT HERON). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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) | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE PTIT HERON | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 382 (2012) → 436 (2023): 14.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 354 (1990) → 436 (2023): 23.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 243, of which 14.8 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Chapelle-Cécelin): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Chérencé-le-Héron): 1.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Chérencé-le-Héron): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the COULOUVRAY-BOISBENATRE weather station, 6.9 km away at 268 m; the village itself is at 192 m. [11]
The village sits 76 m below 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BRECEY, 8.2 km away at 63 m, over 15 summers. [11]
That station sits 129 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, 6.9 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 — 50130/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50130/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50130/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50130/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaucens | 65 | 654 km S | 413 | 45.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 99 % |
| Longvilliers | 78 | 235 km E | 496 | 29.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cère | 40 | 537 km S | 420 | 31.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 81 % · humidity 36 % |
| Amfreville-sous-les-Monts | 27 | 188 km E | 532 | 30.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ocqueville | 76 | 176 km NE | 431 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Asnières-sur-Vègre | 72 | 124 km SE | 331 | 27.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 88 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asnières-sur-Vègre | 72 | 124 km SE | 331 | 27.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 88 % |
| Ocqueville | 76 | 176 km NE | 431 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Amfreville-sous-les-Monts | 27 | 188 km E | 532 | 30.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Longvilliers | 78 | 235 km E | 496 | 29.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cère | 40 | 537 km S | 420 | 31.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 81 % · humidity 36 % |
| Beaucens | 65 | 654 km S | 413 | 45.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 99 % |
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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 Chérencé-le-Héron'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocqueville | 76 | 176 km NE | 431 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nédonchel | 62 | 320 km NE | 357 | 31.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Créquy | 62 | 300 km NE | 463 | 15 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Brulais | 35 | 119 km SW | 542 | 33.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ervillers | 62 | 327 km NE | 396 | 43 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beaussault | 76 | 223 km NE | 410 | 19.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
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