La Meauffe

Manche · CA Saint-Lô Agglo · INSEE 50297

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

Partly served 40.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Meauffe (INSEE 50297) is in Manche (50), part of CA Saint-Lô Agglo. Population 993 (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/50297-la-meauffe

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 14,351 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	0.53	25	13.19
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.37	10	3.7
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SOCIETE DE FAIT SURIREY MILCENT). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE COUVINOIS). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: 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)	3	SOCIETE DE FAIT SURIREY MILCENT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	LE COUVINOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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 BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 723 peak 1982: 1,143 2023: 993 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,078 (2012) → 993 (2023): -7.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,141 (1990) → 993 (2023): -13 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 483, of which 0.6 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.7 km SWGP — 1.7 km SWBakery — 1.8 km SWPharmacy — 1.8 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 (Pont-Hébert): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pont-Hébert): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Pont-Hébert): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pont-Hébert): 1.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Meauffe): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 26.5

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PONT-HEBERT weather station, 2 km away at 58 m; the village itself is at 12 m. ^[10]

An average of 971 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PONT-HEBERT, 2 km away at 58 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 — 50297/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50297/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50297/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50297/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50409
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50297
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
Herbsheim	67	647 km E	963	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 34 %
Ussy-sur-Marne	77	306 km E	1,058	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 46 %
Tagolsheim	68	641 km E	991	41.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 57 %
Roppenheim	67	669 km E	1,031	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 53 %
Prunay	51	385 km E	1,042	33	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 59 %
Sermersheim	67	641 km E	955	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 54 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ussy-sur-Marne	77	306 km E	1,058	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 46 %
Prunay	51	385 km E	1,042	33	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 59 %
Tagolsheim	68	641 km E	991	41.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 57 %
Sermersheim	67	641 km E	955	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 54 %
Herbsheim	67	647 km E	963	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 34 %
Roppenheim	67	669 km E	1,031	38.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 56 % · winter 53 %

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