Marcey-les-Grèves

Manche · CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie · INSEE 50288

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

Partly served 43.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Marcey-les-Grèves (INSEE 50288) is in Manche (50), part of CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. Population 1,275 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/50288-marcey-les-greves

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 12,855 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.65	10	6.46
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.62

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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) (LES DELICES DE MARCEY). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (ARTISAN BOUCHER CHARCUTIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE BOWLING DE LA BAIE · MIAM BY MAYA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ESCAPADE). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARTINE DAVID, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS BARBET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES GREVES). ^[3,4]

3 × Hairdresser (ESTHETI'COIF · L'HAIR ZEN COIFFURE · UN HAIR DE CAMILLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LA RAMADE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES DELICES DE MARCEY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	ARTISAN BOUCHER CHARCUTIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LE BOWLING DE LA BAIE · MIAM BY MAYA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	L'ESCAPADE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	2	MARTINE DAVID, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS BARBET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES GREVES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	ESTHETI'COIF · L'HAIR ZEN COIFFURE · UN HAIR DE CAMILLE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LA RAMADE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 804 peak 2012: 1,284 2023: 1,275 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,284 (2012) → 1,275 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,113 (1990) → 1,275 (2023): 14.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 658, of which 3.8 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.2 km EFood shop — 1.2 km EGP — 1.3 km EPharmacy — 1.3 km E 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 (Marcey-les-Grèves): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marcey-les-Grèves): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Marcey-les-Grèves): 1.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Marcey-les-Grèves): 1.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Marcey-les-Grèves): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.5

Days at or below 0 °C 27.1

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the PONTORSON weather station, 15 km away at 33 m; the village itself is at 20 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at PONTORSON, 15 km away at 33 m, over 28 summers. ^[9]

An average of 998 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LOLIF, 4 km away at 72 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50288/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50288/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50288/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50288/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50288
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
Quintal	74	647 km SE	1,257	42.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Bourneville-Sainte-Croix	27	166 km NE	1,252	60.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Heimsbrunn	68	647 km E	1,314	41.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Labergement-Sainte-Marie	25	612 km E	1,273	46.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Preignan	32	576 km S	1,202	47.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay	14	78 km NE	1,362	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay	14	78 km NE	1,362	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bourneville-Sainte-Croix	27	166 km NE	1,252	60.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Preignan	32	576 km S	1,202	47.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Labergement-Sainte-Marie	25	612 km E	1,273	46.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Quintal	74	647 km SE	1,257	42.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Heimsbrunn	68	647 km E	1,314	41.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Marcey-les-Grèves'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
Bourneville-Sainte-Croix	27	166 km NE	1,252	60.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Honorine-du-Fay	14	78 km NE	1,362	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bois-Grenier	59	376 km NE	1,775	54.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Gonneville-la-Mallet	76	157 km NE	1,338	49.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chépy	80	267 km NE	1,190	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Angerville-l'Orcher	76	157 km NE	1,395	60.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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