Geffosses

Manche · CC Côte Ouest Centre Manche · INSEE 50198

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 27.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Geffosses (INSEE 50198) is in Manche (50), part of CC Côte Ouest Centre Manche. Population 501 (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/50198-geffosses

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 17,755 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.72	10	7.16
Housing mix	0.54	5	2.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GEFFOSSES AP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA VALLEE). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	GEFFOSSES 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA VALLEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 485 2023: 501 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 417 (2012) → 501 (2023): 20.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 412 (1990) → 501 (2023): 21.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 310, of which 23.2 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.3 km WFood shop — 4.0 km SWGP — 4.1 km SWPharmacy — 4.1 km SW 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 (Geffosses): 1.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gouville-sur-Mer): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gouville-sur-Mer): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Gouville-sur-Mer): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Geffosses): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 19.2

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GOUVILLE weather station, 4.3 km away at 7 m; the village itself is at 18 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at GOUVILLE, 4.3 km away at 7 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 849 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GOUVILLE, 4.3 km away at 7 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 — 50198/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50198/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50198/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50198/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50198
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50215
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
Gouex	86	350 km SE	487	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Tendon	88	616 km E	499	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 %
Pruniers	36	374 km SE	496	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Blot-l'Église	63	483 km SE	436	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Bassac	16	401 km S	529	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Fort-du-Plasne	39	628 km SE	484	31.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gouex	86	350 km SE	487	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Pruniers	36	374 km SE	496	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Bassac	16	401 km S	529	27.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Blot-l'Église	63	483 km SE	436	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Tendon	88	616 km E	499	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 %
Fort-du-Plasne	39	628 km SE	484	31.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Geffosses'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
Saint-Saire	76	230 km E	582	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Port-Launay	29	211 km SW	404	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-sur-Somme	80	271 km NE	502	18.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Fourneville	14	133 km E	488	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Manneville-la-Raoult	27	139 km E	474	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Val	27	143 km E	600	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

Wikipedia (en) ·Wikipedia (fr) · INSEE dossier complet · OpenStreetMap · Web search · Map

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/50198-geffosses