Fermanville
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
No daily shops 18.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 2 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Fermanville (INSEE 50178) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 1,283 (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/50178-fermanville
Vitality score
Vitality score 18.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 2 % of the 12,796 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 | 0.2 | 20 | 3.93 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.51 | 10 | 5.09 |
| Housing mix | 0.36 | 5 | 1.8 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (L'ESCALE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE E.MAHAUT). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (FERMANVILLE AP). [3]
2 × Campsite (CAMPING DU GIBERT · CAMPING DE LA PLAGE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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] | |
| 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | L'ESCALE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE E.MAHAUT | 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 | FERMANVILLE 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 2 | CAMPING DU GIBERT · CAMPING DE LA PLAGE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,390 (2012) → 1,283 (2023): -7.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,271 (1990) → 1,283 (2023): 0.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,014, of which 32 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Pierre-Église): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Pierre-Église): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Pierre-Église): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Pierre-Église): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Fermanville): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 8 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the GONNEVILLE weather station, 4.1 km away at 134 m; the village itself is at 34 m. [10]
The village sits 100 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at GONNEVILLE, 4.1 km away at 134 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 100 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 954 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at GONNEVILLE, 4.1 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50178/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50178/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50178/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50178/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50539
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50178
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulleville | 27 | 137 km E | 1,236 | 32.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Holving | 57 | 613 km E | 1,268 | 24.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 % |
| Corneville-sur-Risle | 27 | 152 km E | 1,379 | 26.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Coux et Bigaroque-Mouzens | 24 | 569 km S | 1,244 | 27.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 % |
| Surtainville | 50 | 37 km SW | 1,166 | 27.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 99 % |
| Orval sur Sienne | 50 | 75 km S | 1,233 | 23.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surtainville | 50 | 37 km SW | 1,166 | 27.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 99 % |
| Orval sur Sienne | 50 | 75 km S | 1,233 | 23.2 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 % |
| Boulleville | 27 | 137 km E | 1,236 | 32.4 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 % |
| Corneville-sur-Risle | 27 | 152 km E | 1,379 | 26.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
| Coux et Bigaroque-Mouzens | 24 | 569 km S | 1,244 | 27.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 % |
| Holving | 57 | 613 km E | 1,268 | 24.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Fermanville'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicq-sur-Mer | 50 | 2.5 km E | 1,093 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gouézec | 29 | 250 km SW | 1,111 | 22.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tréflez | 29 | 237 km SW | 991 | 36.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sibiril | 29 | 222 km SW | 1,143 | 30.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Trédarzec | 22 | 162 km SW | 1,055 | 29 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Méaugon | 22 | 167 km SW | 1,320 | 29.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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