Montbray

Identity

Montbray (INSEE 50338) is in Manche (50), part of CC de Villedieu Intercom. Population 340 (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/50338-montbray

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 18,081 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

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CAFE DES METS). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 356 (2012) → 340 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 408 (1990) → 340 (2023): -16.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 273, of which 26.4 % second homes and 13.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Noues de Sienne): 5.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Noues de Sienne): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Noues de Sienne): 5.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Noues de Sienne): 5.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the COULOUVRAY-BOISBENATRE weather station, 10.4 km away at 268 m; the village itself is at 103 m. ^[10]

The village sits 165 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BRECEY, 17.6 km away at 63 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,391 mm of rain a year, spread over 165 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at COULOUVRAY-BOISBENATRE, 10.4 km away at 268 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

66 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 88,000 € — 572 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Manche is 1,444 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

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 — 50338/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50338/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50338/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50338/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 14658
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50338
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025