Néhou

Identity

Néhou (INSEE 50370) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 609 (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/50370-nehou

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 26 % of the 16,993 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 564 (2012) → 609 (2023): 8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 443 (1990) → 609 (2023): 37.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 298, of which 13.1 % second homes and 2.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Néhou): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BRICQUEBEC weather station, 9.1 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 20 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VALOGNES, 11.2 km away at 61 m, over 19 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,128 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-SAUVEUR-LE-V, 3.7 km away at 24 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

36 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 159,000 € — 1,467 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Manche is 1,444 € per m², so this commune sits about level with 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 — 50370/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50370/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50370/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50370/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50551
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50370
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025