Vicq-sur-Mer

Identity

Vicq-sur-Mer (INSEE 50142) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 1,093 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 5 former communes: Angoville-en-Saire (50011), Gouberville (50211), Néville-sur-Mer (50375), Réthoville (50432), Vrasville (50645). ^[3]

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/50142-vicq-sur-mer

Vitality score

Vitality score 14.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 1 % of the 13,785 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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar. ^[5]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU SABLON). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 998 (2012) → 1,093 (2023): 9.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 932 (1990) → 1,093 (2023): 17.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 866, of which 36.5 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Pierre-Église): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Saint-Pierre-Église): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Pierre-Église): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Pierre-Église): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fermanville): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 7 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GONNEVILLE weather station, 6.1 km away at 134 m; the village itself is at 23 m. ^[11]

The village sits 111 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 GONNEVILLE, 6.1 km away at 134 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 111 m above 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 954 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GONNEVILLE, 6.1 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50142/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50142/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50142/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50142/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50539
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50178
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024