La Godefroy

Manche · CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie · INSEE 50205

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

Few services 23.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Godefroy (INSEE 50205) is in Manche (50), part of CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. Population 301 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 23.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 17,841 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	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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”.

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 [3,4]
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: 140 2023: 301 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 239 (2012) → 301 (2023): 25.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 155 (1990) → 301 (2023): 94.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 133, of which 3 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 0.6 km WPrimary school — 2.4 km SEFood shop — 3.8 km WGP — 4.1 km WPharmacy — 5.0 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 (La Godefroy): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Senier-sous-Avranches): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Avranches): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Avranches): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Ovin): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

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. ^[12]

Measured at the BRECEY weather station, 9.7 km away at 63 m; the village itself is at 112 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BRECEY, 9.7 km away at 63 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,065 mm of rain a year, spread over 154 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST OVIN, 3.1 km away at 155 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50205/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50205/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50205/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50205/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50205
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50554
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50025
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50531
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
Chardogne	55	471 km E	305	18.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Quintigny	39	554 km E	308	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Memmelshoffen	67	671 km E	314	19.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Belleuse	80	272 km NE	297	19.2	No daily shops	no figures
Cramont	80	291 km NE	304	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Preuil	16	354 km S	306	18.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 76 % · humidity 7 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Belleuse	80	272 km NE	297	19.2	No daily shops	no figures
Cramont	80	291 km NE	304	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Preuil	16	354 km S	306	18.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 76 % · humidity 7 %
Chardogne	55	471 km E	305	18.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Quintigny	39	554 km E	308	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Memmelshoffen	67	671 km E	314	19.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %

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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 La Godefroy'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
Cramont	80	291 km NE	304	19.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Noirefontaine	25	617 km E	324	15.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Ernes	14	93 km NE	327	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-Notre-Dame	02	367 km NE	378	16.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Neufbosc	76	220 km NE	397	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-sur-Chézy	02	343 km E	301	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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