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Thèreval

Manche · CA Saint-Lô Agglo · INSEE 50239

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

Partly served 44.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Thèreval (INSEE 50239) is in Manche (50), part of CA Saint-Lô Agglo. Population 1,775 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: La Chapelle-en-Juger (50123). [3]

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/50239-thereval

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 10,395 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.26256.56
Social0.39207.87
Education0.63106.32
Health0.39103.93
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.67106.73
Housing mix0.9354.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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. [4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON BESNARD). [4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVECO). [4,5]

1 × Restaurant (PIZZA CHEZ JOJO). [4,5]

1 × Café / bar. [5]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARTIN HELLEGOUARCH, MÉDECIN). [4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES TILLEULS). [4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (HEBECREVON RP). [4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE THÈREVAL). [4]

2 × Hairdresser (KOUP D'ECLAT). [4,5]

1 × Hotel (CHÂTEAU DE LA ROQUE). [4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)1MAISON BESNARDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1VIVECOINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant1PIZZA CHEZ JOJOINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)1MARTIN HELLEGOUARCH, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DES TILLEULSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale1HEBECREVON RPINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE THÈREVALINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser2KOUP D'ECLATINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel1CHÂTEAU DE LA ROQUEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,118 peak 2017: 1,800 2023: 1,775 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,788 (2012) → 1,775 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 1,513 (1990) → 1,775 (2023): 17.3 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 863, of which 3.4 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.5 km S (Saint-Gilles)
In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 2.5 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 (Saint-Gilles): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Thèreval): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

GP (Thèreval): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Thèreval): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Thèreval): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the PONT-HEBERT weather station, 6.4 km away at 58 m; the village itself is at 78 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at CERISY LA SALLE, 13.9 km away at 134 m, over 21 summers. [11]

That station sits 56 m above 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 971 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at PONT-HEBERT, 6.4 km away at 58 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 — 50239/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE COG 2026
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50239/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50239/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50239/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50483
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50239
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Eyzin-Pinet38617 km SE2,28551.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Châtillon-en-Vendelais35100 km S1,77553.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 93 %
Teillé44185 km S1,82444.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Écouves61116 km SE1,66348Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Nauphary82607 km S1,94857.7Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Éloy-de-Gy18340 km SE1,58144.5Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Châtillon-en-Vendelais35100 km S1,77553.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 93 %
Écouves61116 km SE1,66348Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Teillé44185 km S1,82444.2Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Éloy-de-Gy18340 km SE1,58144.5Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 70 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Nauphary82607 km S1,94857.7Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Eyzin-Pinet38617 km SE2,28551.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 74 % · 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 Thèreval'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Plaudren56188 km SW1,97846.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Querrien29218 km SW1,64551Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Brix5055 km NW2,16553.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Limésy76161 km E1,51147.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Plumelec56180 km SW2,75468ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Rédené29220 km SW3,04348Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %