Courtils

Identity

Courtils (INSEE 50146) is in Manche (50), part of CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. Population 210 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/50146-courtils

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 16,281 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

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DE LA BAIE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LA BARAKA · LE MARQUIS DE LA GUINTRE · LA PARENTHESE DE LA BAIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE RPI DE LA BAIE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (MANOIR DE LA ROCHE TORIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING SAINT MICHEL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 216 (2012) → 210 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 271 (1990) → 210 (2023): -22.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 164, of which 20.1 % second homes and 14.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Pontaubault): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Val-Saint-Père): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Avranches): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Avranches): 6.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Courtils): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the PONTORSON weather station, 8.4 km away at 33 m; the village itself is at 29 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PONTORSON, 8.4 km away at 33 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

An average of 813 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PONTORSON, 8.4 km away at 33 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

28 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 129,040 € — 1,238 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Manche is 1,444 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50146/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50146/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50146/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50146/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50408
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50616
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50025
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50146
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025