Gathemo
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 15.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Gathemo (INSEE 50195) is in Manche (50), part of CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. Population 265 (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 15.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 29 % of the 17,484 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.35 | 10 | 3.49 |
| Housing mix | 0.53 | 5 | 2.66 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU FOURNIL DE GATHEMO). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (GATHEMO LPR RP). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | AU FOURNIL DE GATHEMO | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | GATHEMO LPR RP | 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
Population 272 (2012) → 265 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 312 (1990) → 265 (2023): -15.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 197, of which 23.4 % second homes and 17.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Noues de Sienne): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Brouains): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Sourdeval): 6 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Sourdeval): 6.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Sourdeval): 6.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the COULOUVRAY-BOISBENATRE weather station, 9.6 km away at 268 m; the village itself is at 336 m. [11]
The village sits 68 m above 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BRECEY, 14.9 km away at 63 m, over 15 summers. [11]
That station sits 273 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,427 mm of rain a year, spread over 157 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at GATHEMO, 0.8 km away at 330 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50195/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50195/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50195/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50195/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 14658
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50088
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50582
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happonvilliers | 28 | 161 km E | 296 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Verneuil | 58 | 400 km SE | 274 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gehée | 36 | 266 km SE | 253 | 8.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Martin-des-Champs | 89 | 322 km E | 258 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Luchapt | 86 | 317 km SE | 244 | 21.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 % |
| Les Billanges | 87 | 364 km SE | 296 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 88 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happonvilliers | 28 | 161 km E | 296 | 19.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gehée | 36 | 266 km SE | 253 | 8.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Luchapt | 86 | 317 km SE | 244 | 21.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Martin-des-Champs | 89 | 322 km E | 258 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Billanges | 87 | 364 km SE | 296 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 88 % |
| Verneuil | 58 | 400 km SE | 274 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 65 % · 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 Gathemo'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Dorée | 53 | 35 km S | 286 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cartigny-l'Épinay | 14 | 53 km N | 300 | 17.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Martin-le-Bouillant | 50 | 15 km W | 301 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gouvets | 50 | 20 km NW | 295 | 9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montabot | 50 | 22 km NW | 271 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mahéru | 61 | 104 km E | 278 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
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