La Mouche

Identity

La Mouche (INSEE 50361) is in Manche (50), part of CC de Granville, Terre et Mer. Population 249 (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/50361-la-mouche

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,194 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

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

2 × Café / bar (LE GRIPPON). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 219 (2012) → 249 (2023): 13.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 135 (1990) → 249 (2023): 84.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 109, of which 9.2 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Haye-Pesnel): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Haye-Pesnel): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Haye-Pesnel): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (La Haye-Pesnel): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Haye-Pesnel): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BRECEY weather station, 14.9 km away at 63 m; the village itself is at 135 m. ^[9]

The village sits 72 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BRECEY, 14.9 km away at 63 m, over 15 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 72 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,131 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at EQUILLY, 5.5 km away at 101 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

What property sold for

13 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 207,000 € — 1,344 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

The median across Manche is 1,444 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[10]

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 — 50361/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50361/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50361/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50361/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50237
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
10. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025