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Laulne

Manche · CC Côte Ouest Centre Manche · INSEE 50265

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Laulne (INSEE 50265) is in Manche (50), part of CC Côte Ouest Centre Manche. Population 186 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/50265-laulne

Vitality score

Vitality score 9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 15,549 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.44104.39
Housing mix0.6453.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 235 2023: 186 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 154 (2012) → 186 (2023): 20.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 198 (1990) → 186 (2023): -6.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 107, of which 17.8 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 2.4 km W (Vesly)Primary school — 2.4 km W (Vesly)Pharmacy — 5.5 km SW (Lessay)Bakery — 5.6 km SW (Lessay)GP — 6.4 km SW (Lessay)
Food shop — 2.4 km WPrimary school — 2.4 km WPharmacy — 5.5 km SWBakery — 5.6 km SWGP — 6.4 km SW 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 (Lessay): 5.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Vesly): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Lessay): 6.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Lessay): 5.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Vesly): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]

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 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the MONTGARDON weather station, 8.1 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 39 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at GOUVILLE, 18.6 km away at 7 m, over 21 summers. [10]

An average of 1,031 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ST SYMPHORIEN, 7.8 km away at 30 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50265/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50265/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50265/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50265/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50267
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50629
  10. 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
Avéron-Bergelle32623 km S18610.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 96 % · humidity 7 %
Azy-le-Vif58444 km SE1887.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Bonnefoi61162 km SE18715.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pardoux-le-Neuf23462 km SE18911.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 11 % · humidity 100 %
Croisilles61137 km E18410.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Sagonne18416 km SE1908.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Croisilles61137 km E18410.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Bonnefoi61162 km SE18715.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Sagonne18416 km SE1908.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Azy-le-Vif58444 km SE1887.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pardoux-le-Neuf23462 km SE18911.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 11 % · humidity 100 %
Avéron-Bergelle32623 km S18610.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 96 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Laulne'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
Montcuit5017 km SE18010.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Colombières1435 km E2069.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bernesq1439 km E21212.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mesnil-Aubert5034 km S19713.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Montaigu-les-Bois5042 km S2049.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-de-Cenilly5033 km SE20810.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %