La Lande-d'Airou

Manche · CC de Villedieu Intercom · INSEE 50262

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

Few services 27/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Lande-d'Airou (INSEE 50262) is in Manche (50), part of CC de Villedieu Intercom. Population 535 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 27/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 17,604 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.67	10	6.68
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (MHL COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[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), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	MHL COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 535 2023: 535 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 503 (2012) → 535 (2023): 6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 458 (1990) → 535 (2023): 16.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 286, of which 13.3 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 5.1 km NEFood shop — 5.4 km NEPharmacy — 5.4 km NEGP — 5.5 km NE 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 (Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Lande-d'Airou): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.2

Days at or below 0 °C 48.3

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BRECEY weather station, 13.1 km away at 63 m; the village itself is at 99 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at BRECEY, 13.1 km away at 63 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,131 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at EQUILLY, 7.5 km away at 101 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 — 50262/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50262/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50262/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50262/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50639
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50262
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
Niedermorschwihr	68	636 km E	537	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Le Bourdet	79	292 km S	564	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Boissy-la-Rivière	91	258 km E	550	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Malo-des-Trois-Fontaines	56	125 km SW	545	26.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Trédias	22	86 km SW	513	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-Terressus	87	382 km SE	593	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Trédias	22	86 km SW	513	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Malo-des-Trois-Fontaines	56	125 km SW	545	26.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Boissy-la-Rivière	91	258 km E	550	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
Le Bourdet	79	292 km S	564	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-Terressus	87	382 km SE	593	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Niedermorschwihr	68	636 km E	537	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · 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 La Lande-d'Airou'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
Saint-Laurent	22	144 km W	541	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Martainville	27	135 km NE	498	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Montmerrei	61	99 km E	560	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Boisjean	62	282 km NE	529	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Montillières-sur-Orne	14	65 km NE	557	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Trégonneau	22	139 km W	515	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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