Hambye

Manche · CC Coutances Mer et Bocage · INSEE 50228

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

Partly served 46.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hambye (INSEE 50228) is in Manche (50), part of CC Coutances Mer et Bocage. Population 1,072 (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/50228-hambye

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 13,909 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.38	10	3.8
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE L'ABBAYE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SOCIETE LECORNU). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (AU MARMITON GOURMAND · L'ESCALE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE MONACO · LE VOY). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-FRANCOIS LOSIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'HAMBYE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'ABBAYE DU BIEN ETRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (L'AUBERGE DE L'ABBAYE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DE L'ABBAYE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SOCIETE LECORNU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	AU MARMITON GOURMAND · L'ESCALE	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE MONACO · LE VOY	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)	1	JEAN-FRANCOIS LOSIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'HAMBYE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	L'ABBAYE DU BIEN ETRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	L'AUBERGE DE L'ABBAYE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,558 2023: 1,072 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,196 (2012) → 1,072 (2023): -10.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,218 (1990) → 1,072 (2023): -12 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 782, of which 13.9 % second homes and 14.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 6.4 km SE 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 (Hambye): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Hambye): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Hambye): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Percy-en-Normandie): 6.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Hambye): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 19.8

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CERISY LA SALLE weather station, 10 km away at 134 m; the village itself is at 91 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CERISY LA SALLE, 10 km away at 134 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,104 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CERISY LA SALLE, 10 km away at 134 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 — 50228/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50228/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50228/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50228/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50228
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50393
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-Germain-les-Belles	87	425 km SE	1,150	49.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 50 %
Chaumont-sur-Loire	41	244 km SE	1,096	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 58 %
Laurac-en-Vivarais	07	650 km SE	1,045	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Tournon-Saint-Martin	36	297 km SE	1,112	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieux	07	642 km SE	1,031	52.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Bellenaves	03	447 km SE	983	65.5	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chaumont-sur-Loire	41	244 km SE	1,096	56.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 58 %
Tournon-Saint-Martin	36	297 km SE	1,112	48.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-les-Belles	87	425 km SE	1,150	49.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 50 %
Bellenaves	03	447 km SE	983	65.5	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieux	07	642 km SE	1,031	52.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 %
Laurac-en-Vivarais	07	650 km SE	1,045	48.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · 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 Hambye'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
Corlay	22	149 km SW	914	71.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Roncey	50	6.8 km NW	770	63.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cerisy-la-Salle	50	8.7 km N	1,005	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Trévières	14	48 km NE	925	73.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Gouarec	22	162 km SW	866	67.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Trégourez	29	213 km SW	947	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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