Magneville

Identity

Magneville (INSEE 50285) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 321 (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/50285-magneville

Vitality score

Vitality score 13.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 17,933 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.

Services

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 308 (2012) → 321 (2023): 4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 259 (1990) → 321 (2023): 23.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 168, of which 12.5 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Jacques-de-Néhou): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bricquebec-en-Cotentin): 6.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bricquebec-en-Cotentin): 6.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bricquebec-en-Cotentin): 6.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Néhou): 3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BRICQUEBEC weather station, 7.7 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 37 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VALOGNES, 8.3 km away at 61 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,049 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at URVILLE BOCAGE, 6.7 km away at 13 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

26 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 147,500 € — 1,635 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Manche is 1,444 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[12]

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 — 50285/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50285/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50285/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50285/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50486
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50082
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50370
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025