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Huberville

Manche · CA du Cotentin · INSEE 50251

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

Few services 28.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Huberville (INSEE 50251) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 361 (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/50251-huberville

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 18,032 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 food0250
Social0.48209.5
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend1109.98
Housing mix0.8854.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 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”.

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

3 × Restaurant (LA BRASSERIE SAINTE THERESE · NORMANDIE FOOD TRUCK · THE UMAMI). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant3LA BRASSERIE SAINTE THERESE · NORMANDIE FOOD TRUCK · THE UMAMIINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 246 peak 2017: 369 2023: 361 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 361 (2012) → 361 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 241 (1990) → 361 (2023): 49.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 153, of which 5.9 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 1.6 km SW (Valognes)GP — 2.1 km W (Valognes)Bakery — 2.2 km W (Valognes)Primary school — 2.2 km W (Valognes)Pharmacy — 2.2 km W (Valognes)
Food shop — 1.6 km SWGP — 2.1 km WBakery — 2.2 km WPrimary school — 2.2 km WPharmacy — 2.2 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 (Valognes): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Valognes): 1.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Valognes): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Valognes): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Valognes): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the VALOGNES weather station, 5 km away at 61 m; the village itself is at 56 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at VALOGNES, 5 km away at 61 m, over 19 summers. [9]

An average of 1,077 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at VALOGNES, 5 km away at 61 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

What property sold for

12 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 187,500 € — 1,148 € per m² of built surface. [10]

The median across Manche is 1,444 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [10]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50251/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50251/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50251/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50251/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50615
  9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  10. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Firfol14133 km E36618.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 78 %
Val-d'Auzon10443 km E35619.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Mosles1450 km SE36826Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Charmes03518 km SE36919.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Pargny-et-Filain02360 km E36724.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Guntzviller57632 km E35319.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mosles1450 km SE36826Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Firfol14133 km E36618.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 78 %
Pargny-et-Filain02360 km E36724.8Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Val-d'Auzon10443 km E35619.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Charmes03518 km SE36919.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Guntzviller57632 km E35319.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Huberville'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
Camprond5047 km S37419.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Nicorps5054 km S35421.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Janville14100 km E38217.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Maizet1485 km SE36023.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Calleville-les-Deux-Églises76179 km E32819.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-de-Bohon5034 km SE37523.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %