Grosville

Identity

Grosville (INSEE 50222) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 809 (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/50222-grosville

Vitality score

Vitality score 30/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 15,595 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.

Services

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE MAUGER FRANCINE). ^[3,4]

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

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

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 754 (2012) → 809 (2023): 7.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 618 (1990) → 809 (2023): 30.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 406, of which 7.9 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Les Pieux): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Grosville): 1.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Pieux): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Virandeville): 6.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Grosville): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BRICQUEBEC weather station, 8.5 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 120 m. ^[11]

The village sits 82 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 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VALOGNES, 17.1 km away at 61 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 59 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 1,231 mm of rain a year, spread over 154 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BRICQUEBEC, 8.5 km away at 38 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50222/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50222/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50222/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50222/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50402
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50222
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50643
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024