Cuves

Manche · CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie · INSEE 50158

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

No daily shops 18.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cuves (INSEE 50158) is in Manche (50), part of CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. Population 256 (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 18.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 17,315 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.36	10	3.62
Housing mix	0.63	5	3.16

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

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

2 × Restaurant (LE MOULIN DE JEAN · D&J). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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)	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	2	LE MOULIN DE JEAN · D&J	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

1968: 474 2023: 256 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 316 (2012) → 256 (2023): -19 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 297 (1990) → 256 (2023): -13.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 196, of which 18.4 % second homes and 15.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 4.1 km WBakery — 4.2 km WPrimary school — 4.2 km WGP — 4.2 km WPharmacy — 4.4 km W 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 (Brécey): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Brécey): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Brécey): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Brécey): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Brécey): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.2

Days at or below 0 °C 48.3

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BRECEY weather station, 4.6 km away at 63 m; the village itself is at 43 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BRECEY, 4.6 km away at 63 m, over 15 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,094 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BRECEY, 4.6 km away at 63 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50158/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50158/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50158/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50158/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50074
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
Saint-Quentin-de-Chalais	16	395 km S	241	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Beaumont-Village	37	243 km SE	239	16.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Sarcé	72	148 km SE	264	18.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Moncy	61	33 km E	261	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Brèches	37	170 km SE	239	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Amand-de-Vergt	24	437 km S	242	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Moncy	61	33 km E	261	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Sarcé	72	148 km SE	264	18.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Brèches	37	170 km SE	239	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Beaumont-Village	37	243 km SE	239	16.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Quentin-de-Chalais	16	395 km S	241	17	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Amand-de-Vergt	24	437 km S	242	21.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Cuves'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
Moncy	61	33 km E	261	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Les Cresnays	50	0.9 km W	227	14.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Joué-du-Plain	61	73 km E	233	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Nicolas-de-Sommaire	61	126 km E	261	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Aunou-sur-Orne	61	99 km E	283	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Le Brévedent	14	118 km NE	201	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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