Le Mesnil-Rouxelin
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 20.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 29 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Le Mesnil-Rouxelin (INSEE 50321) is in Manche (50), part of CA Saint-Lô Agglo. Population 469 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 20.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 29 % of the 17,908 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.71 | 10 | 7.12 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.77 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CHANTE LA VIE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: 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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | CHANTE LA VIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 522 (2012) → 469 (2023): -10.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 387 (1990) → 469 (2023): 21.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 221, of which 2.3 % second homes and 7.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Mesnil-Rouxelin): 2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Georges-Montcocq): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Lô): 3 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Lô): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Saint-Georges-Montcocq): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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. [11]
Measured at the PONT-HEBERT weather station, 5.4 km away at 58 m; the village itself is at 86 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at GIEVILLE, 17.1 km away at 134 m, over 10 summers. [11]
An average of 971 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at PONT-HEBERT, 5.4 km away at 58 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 — 50321/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50321/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50321/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50321/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50321
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50475
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50502
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Rochette | 05 | 747 km SE | 471 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Tâtre | 16 | 423 km S | 431 | 21.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Barbonville | 54 | 547 km E | 434 | 20.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Challerange | 08 | 424 km E | 417 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 62 % |
| Barisey-au-Plain | 54 | 512 km E | 393 | 21.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Cyr-la-Campagne | 27 | 153 km E | 431 | 18 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Cyr-la-Campagne | 27 | 153 km E | 431 | 18 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Tâtre | 16 | 423 km S | 431 | 21.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 % |
| Challerange | 08 | 424 km E | 417 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 62 % |
| Barisey-au-Plain | 54 | 512 km E | 393 | 21.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 % |
| Barbonville | 54 | 547 km E | 434 | 20.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Rochette | 05 | 747 km SE | 471 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · 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 Le Mesnil-Rouxelin'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cametours | 50 | 17 km SW | 434 | 20.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Floxel | 50 | 43 km NW | 489 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vergetot | 76 | 112 km NE | 435 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hottot-les-Bagues | 14 | 32 km E | 452 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montreuil-sur-Lozon | 50 | 11 km W | 339 | 22.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Coulitz | 29 | 243 km SW | 475 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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