Dragey-Ronthon

Identity

Dragey-Ronthon (INSEE 50167) is in Manche (50), part of CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. Population 785 (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/50167-dragey-ronthon

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 15,759 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (AU GRENIER · BEAUREPAIRE). ^[4,3]

2 × Café / bar (LA P'TITE FRINGALE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES COGNETS). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 802 (2012) → 785 (2023): -2.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 571 (1990) → 785 (2023): 37.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 657, of which 36.8 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Jean-le-Thomas): 2.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sartilly-Baie-Bocage): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sartilly-Baie-Bocage): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Sartilly-Baie-Bocage): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Dragey-Ronthon): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the PONTORSON weather station, 14 km away at 33 m; the village itself is at 45 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PONTORSON, 14 km away at 33 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,070 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SARTILLY, 5 km away at 75 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

77 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 190,000 € — 1,667 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Manche is 1,444 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[12]

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 — 50167/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50167/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50167/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50167/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50496
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50565
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50167
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025