Montaigu-les-Bois
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Montaigu-les-Bois (INSEE 50336) is in Manche (50), part of CC Coutances Mer et Bocage. Population 204 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 9.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 11 % of the 16,069 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.52 | 10 | 5.2 |
| Housing mix | 0.6 | 5 | 2.99 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [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]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 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
Population 245 (2012) → 204 (2023): -16.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 200 (1990) → 204 (2023): 2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 139, of which 20.1 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Fleury): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Gavray-sur-Sienne): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Gavray-sur-Sienne): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Gavray-sur-Sienne): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (La Bloutière): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CERISY LA SALLE weather station, 15.9 km away at 134 m; the village itself is at 149 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at CERISY LA SALLE, 15.9 km away at 134 m, over 21 summers. [11]
An average of 1,131 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at EQUILLY, 10.5 km away at 101 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 — 50336/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50336/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50336/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50336/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50185
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50197
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50060
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feusines | 36 | 365 km SE | 205 | 9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Vincent-Jalmoutiers | 24 | 425 km S | 202 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 51 % · humidity 43 % |
| Roquebrune | 32 | 588 km S | 207 | 10 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 % |
| Maisoncelles | 72 | 173 km SE | 201 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montagudet | 82 | 548 km S | 199 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Forêt-de-Tessé | 16 | 329 km S | 206 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maisoncelles | 72 | 173 km SE | 201 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Forêt-de-Tessé | 16 | 329 km S | 206 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 % |
| Feusines | 36 | 365 km SE | 205 | 9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Vincent-Jalmoutiers | 24 | 425 km S | 202 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 51 % · humidity 43 % |
| Montagudet | 82 | 548 km S | 199 | 8.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 % |
| Roquebrune | 32 | 588 km S | 207 | 10 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 99 % · humidity 36 % |
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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 Montaigu-les-Bois'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombières | 14 | 49 km NE | 206 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Canchy | 14 | 53 km NE | 202 | 10.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bernesq | 14 | 49 km NE | 212 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Laulne | 50 | 42 km N | 186 | 9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Cenilly | 50 | 10 km N | 208 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Mesnil-Aubert | 50 | 12 km NW | 197 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
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