Montsenelle

Manche · CC Côte Ouest Centre Manche · INSEE 50273

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

Few services 33.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 30 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montsenelle (INSEE 50273) is in Manche (50), part of CC Côte Ouest Centre Manche. Population 1,450 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 3 former communes: Coigny (50136), Prétot-Sainte-Suzanne (50415), Saint-Jores (50497). ^[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/50273-montsenelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 30 % of the 11,910 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.43	10	4.26
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL ROUXEL). ^[4,5]

4 × Restaurant (AU MONT CASTRE · LA FRITERIE LEFORT · FRITERIE ROTISSERIE RENOUARD). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (LE PRETOTAIS). ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MONTSENELLE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTSENELLE LITHAIRE AP). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (DOMICILE COIFF'). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL ROUXEL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	4	AU MONT CASTRE · LA FRITERIE LEFORT · FRITERIE ROTISSERIE RENOUARD	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5]
Café / bar	1	LE PRETOTAIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MONTSENELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	MONTSENELLE LITHAIRE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	DOMICILE COIFF'	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 1,763 2023: 1,450 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,391 (2012) → 1,450 (2023): 4.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,566 (1990) → 1,450 (2023): -7.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 830, of which 12.8 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery GP — 4.1 km WPrimary school — 4.2 km WFood shop — 4.4 km WPharmacy — 4.5 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 (Montsenelle): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (La Haye): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (La Haye): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Haye): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Haye): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 17.8▸

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. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTGARDON weather station, 6.9 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 41 m. ^[11]

An average of 1,031 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST SYMPHORIEN, 4.6 km away at 30 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50273/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50273/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50273/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50273/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50273
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50236
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
Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil	33	449 km S	1,365	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 74 %
Beausemblant	26	658 km SE	1,475	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 59 %
Saint-Quentin-sur-le-Homme	50	74 km S	1,338	36.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 59 %
Tauriac	33	478 km S	1,342	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 88 %
La Chapelle-sur-Loire	37	261 km SE	1,468	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 72 %
Gaillac-Toulza	31	709 km S	1,342	41.4	Partly served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Quentin-sur-le-Homme	50	74 km S	1,338	36.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 59 %
La Chapelle-sur-Loire	37	261 km SE	1,468	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil	33	449 km S	1,365	39.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 74 %
Tauriac	33	478 km S	1,342	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 88 %
Beausemblant	26	658 km SE	1,475	38.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 59 %
Gaillac-Toulza	31	709 km S	1,342	41.4	Partly served	no figures

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