Gorges

Manche · CC Côte Ouest Centre Manche · INSEE 50210

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

Few services 24.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gorges (INSEE 50210) is in Manche (50), part of CC Côte Ouest Centre Manche. Population 350 (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 24.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 18,079 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.32	10	3.24
Housing mix	0.61	5	3.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (GORGES LPR LEGER PASCALINE RP). ^[3]

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 [3,4]
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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	GORGES LPR LEGER PASCALINE 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 521 2023: 350 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 347 (2012) → 350 (2023): 0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 425 (1990) → 350 (2023): -17.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 235, of which 19.6 % second homes and 14.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.5 km WFood shop — 5.5 km EBakery — 6.4 km EGP — 7.6 km SPharmacy — 7.7 km S 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 (Terre-et-Marais): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Terre-et-Marais): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Périers): 7.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Périers): 7.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Gorges): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 37.8

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 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BAUPTE weather station, 6.3 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 17 m. ^[11]

An average of 1,002 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BAUPTE, 6.3 km away at 4 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 — 50210/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50210/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50210/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50210/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50564
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50394
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50210
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
Saint-Tugdual	56	192 km SW	376	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil	24	467 km SE	377	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 96 %
Montaigut-le-Blanc	23	420 km SE	370	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 95 %
Lussat	23	442 km SE	416	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 19 %
Montignac-de-Lauzun	47	540 km S	286	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 97 %
Retjons	40	579 km S	301	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 69 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Tugdual	56	192 km SW	376	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 97 %
Montaigut-le-Blanc	23	420 km SE	370	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 95 %
Lussat	23	442 km SE	416	28.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 19 %
Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil	24	467 km SE	377	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 96 %
Montignac-de-Lauzun	47	540 km S	286	28.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 97 %
Retjons	40	579 km S	301	29.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 69 %

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