Monthuchon

Manche · CC Coutances Mer et Bocage · INSEE 50345

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 30.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Monthuchon (INSEE 50345) is in Manche (50), part of CC Coutances Mer et Bocage. Population 705 (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 30.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 16,384 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.84	10	8.35
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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)	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	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: 321 2023: 705 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 649 (2012) → 705 (2023): 8.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 528 (1990) → 705 (2023): 33.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 321, of which 3.1 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.4 km SBakery — 2.9 km SPharmacy — 3.3 km SGP — 3.5 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 (Coutances): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Coutances): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Sauveur-Villages): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Coutances): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Monthuchon): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 28.6

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COUTANCES weather station, 5 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 166 m. ^[11]

The village sits 86 m above 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CERISY LA SALLE, 10.5 km away at 134 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,065 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-SAUVEUR-LEND, 4.6 km away at 70 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 — 50345/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50345/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50345/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50345/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50147
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50550
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50345
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
Marigny-Saint-Marcel	74	664 km SE	708	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Illiat	01	572 km SE	702	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 73 %
Berthenay	37	240 km SE	707	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Illhaeusern	68	658 km E	717	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Garnerans	01	568 km SE	711	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 73 %
Notre-Dame-du-Pé	72	171 km SE	710	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Notre-Dame-du-Pé	72	171 km SE	710	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 85 %
Berthenay	37	240 km SE	707	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Garnerans	01	568 km SE	711	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 73 %
Illiat	01	572 km SE	702	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 15 % · winter 73 %
Illhaeusern	68	658 km E	717	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Marigny-Saint-Marcel	74	664 km SE	708	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 30 % · 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 Monthuchon'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
Villy-Bocage	14	57 km E	728	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Gourhel	56	145 km SW	711	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Fienvillers	80	287 km NE	663	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf	27	148 km E	749	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Biville-la-Baignarde	76	192 km NE	661	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Carly	62	284 km NE	638	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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