Isigny-le-Buat

Manche · CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie · INSEE 50256

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

Few services 35.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 12 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Isigny-le-Buat (INSEE 50256) is in Manche (50), part of CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. Population 3,183 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/50256-isigny-le-buat

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 12 % of the 6,781 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	0.15	25	3.69
Social	0.67	20	13.46
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.11	10	1.11
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.49	10	4.93
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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) (AUX DOUCEURS D'ISIGNY). ^[3,4]

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

5 × Restaurant (LA BELLE ORCHIDEE · LA SOUCHE · G & J · LE RELAIS DE LA MAZURE · LA CARAVANE). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (AUBERGE DU LAC · BAR DE L'AVAINE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LEON JOZEAU MARIGNE). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE D'ISIGNY-LE-BUAT). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ISIGNY LE BUAT AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE L'ILÔT). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORMANDIE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (ELLE ET LUI). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA MAZURE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX DOUCEURS D'ISIGNY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	5	LA BELLE ORCHIDEE · LA SOUCHE · G & J · LE RELAIS DE LA MAZURE · LA CARAVANE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	AUBERGE DU LAC · BAR DE L'AVAINE	INSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PIERRE LOSTIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LEON JOZEAU MARIGNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE D'ISIGNY-LE-BUAT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	ISIGNY LE BUAT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE L'ILÔT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE OMNISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORMANDIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	3	ELLE ET LUI	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LA MAZURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 3,537 2023: 3,183 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,321 (2012) → 3,183 (2023): -4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 3,207 (1990) → 3,183 (2023): -0.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,820, of which 11.2 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, Pharmacy Food shop — 5.8 km SEGP — 7.1 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 (Isigny-le-Buat): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët): 7.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Isigny-le-Buat): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Isigny-le-Buat): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.5

Days at or below 0 °C 39.4

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE-DU-H weather station, 8.3 km away at 95 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at BRECEY, 12.2 km away at 63 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 923 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-HILAIRE-DU-H, 8.3 km away at 95 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 — 50256/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50256/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50256/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50256/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50256
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50484
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
Savigny-sur-Braye	41	168 km SE	1,962	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Avessac	44	123 km SW	2,452	49.6	Partly served	no figures
Bréhan	56	128 km SW	2,306	43.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Castelnau-Montratier	46	521 km SE	1,840	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Inguiniel	56	172 km SW	2,188	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sion-les-Mines	44	103 km S	1,658	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sion-les-Mines	44	103 km S	1,658	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 97 %
Avessac	44	123 km SW	2,452	49.6	Partly served	no figures
Bréhan	56	128 km SW	2,306	43.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Savigny-sur-Braye	41	168 km SE	1,962	39.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Inguiniel	56	172 km SW	2,188	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Castelnau-Montratier	46	521 km SE	1,840	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Isigny-le-Buat'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
Inguiniel	56	172 km SW	2,188	57.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bazouges-la-Pérouse	35	37 km SW	1,877	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Rives-du-Couesnon	35	39 km S	2,927	55	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Campénéac	56	111 km SW	1,991	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Plénée-Jugon	22	95 km W	2,579	58.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Langonnet	56	181 km W	1,930	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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