Coulouvray-Boisbenâtre

Manche · CC de Villedieu Intercom · INSEE 50144

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

Few services 25/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Coulouvray-Boisbenâtre (INSEE 50144) is in Manche (50), part of CC de Villedieu Intercom. Population 531 (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 25/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 17,610 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.4	10	3.95
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.08

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (COULOUVRAY BOISBENATRE AP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)	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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	COULOUVRAY BOISBENATRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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

1968: 829 2023: 531 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 535 (2012) → 531 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 593 (1990) → 531 (2023): -10.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 381, of which 19.2 % second homes and 19.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.6 km NWFood shop — 5.0 km SEGP — 5.0 km SEPharmacy — 7.6 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 (La Chapelle-Cécelin): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pois): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Pois): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Noues de Sienne): 7.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Coulouvray-Boisbenâtre): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 37.4

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the COULOUVRAY-BOISBENATRE weather station, 0.5 km away at 268 m; the village itself is at 276 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at BRECEY, 7.8 km away at 63 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 213 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 1,391 mm of rain a year, spread over 165 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at COULOUVRAY-BOISBENATRE, 0.5 km away at 268 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50144/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50144/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50144/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50144/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50121
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50542
INSEE BPE 2025 — 14658
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50144
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
Lapeyrouse	63	413 km SE	521	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 9 %
Le Breuil	03	461 km SE	524	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Collorec	29	204 km W	588	28.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Bully	42	499 km SE	451	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 29 %
Angoisse	24	410 km SE	598	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Villars	24	400 km S	470	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Collorec	29	204 km W	588	28.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Villars	24	400 km S	470	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Angoisse	24	410 km SE	598	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Lapeyrouse	63	413 km SE	521	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 9 %
Le Breuil	03	461 km SE	524	25.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Bully	42	499 km SE	451	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 65 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Coulouvray-Boisbenâtre'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
Combres	28	168 km E	547	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie	53	40 km S	522	30.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Beslon	50	7.6 km NW	562	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Locarn	22	178 km W	434	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Champéon	53	64 km SE	636	37.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Fraimbault	61	45 km SE	545	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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