Montfarville

Manche · CA du Cotentin · INSEE 50342

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

Few services 27.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 34 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montfarville (INSEE 50342) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 798 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/50342-montfarville

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 34 % of the 15,654 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.42	10	4.21
Housing mix	0.31	5	1.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON DEBRIX, FONDEE EN 1947). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LILIANA GABRIELA VLADUT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTFARVILLE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MONTFARVILLE MONTFARVILLE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (VAL DE S'HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	MAISON DEBRIX, FONDEE EN 1947	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	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	LILIANA GABRIELA VLADUT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	MONTFARVILLE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MONTFARVILLE MONTFARVILLE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	VAL DE S'HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 914 2023: 798 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 794 (2012) → 798 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 866 (1990) → 798 (2023): -7.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 609, of which 34.6 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP Bakery — 1.8 km NPharmacy — 1.8 km N 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 (Barfleur): 1.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montfarville): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montfarville): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Barfleur): 1.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montfarville): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 10.6▸

Muggy days a summer 1

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 11 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BARFLEUR weather station, 1.9 km away at 13 m; the village itself is at 16 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at GONNEVILLE, 14 km away at 134 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 118 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 864 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BARFLEUR, 1.9 km away at 13 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 — 50342/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50342/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50342/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50342/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50030
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50342
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
Ocana	2A	1,163 km SE	657	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maixent	72	224 km SE	741	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Meyras	07	693 km SE	889	37.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Brannay	89	357 km SE	773	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Broye	71	515 km SE	760	21.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Jazeneuil	86	368 km S	793	27.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Maixent	72	224 km SE	741	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Brannay	89	357 km SE	773	31.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Jazeneuil	86	368 km S	793	27.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Broye	71	515 km SE	760	21.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Meyras	07	693 km SE	889	37.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Ocana	2A	1,163 km SE	657	35.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Montfarville'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
Trédarzec	22	170 km SW	1,055	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Lanildut	29	286 km SW	1,013	35.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Yvias	22	166 km SW	765	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Tréflez	29	246 km SW	991	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Graye-sur-Mer	14	68 km SE	773	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Locronan	29	276 km SW	829	55.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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