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Neufmesnil

Manche · CC Côte Ouest Centre Manche · INSEE 50372

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 11.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Neufmesnil (INSEE 50372) is in Manche (50), part of CC Côte Ouest Centre Manche. Population 176 (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/50372-neufmesnil

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 15,200 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.63106.28
Housing mix0.7753.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 176 peak 2017: 193 2023: 176 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 192 (2012) → 176 (2023): -8.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 156 (1990) → 176 (2023): 12.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 88, of which 11.4 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 2.0 km S (La Haye)Bakery — 2.1 km SW (La Haye)Food shop — 2.3 km S (La Haye)Primary school — 2.3 km S (La Haye)Pharmacy — 2.6 km S (La Haye)
GP — 2.0 km SBakery — 2.1 km SWFood shop — 2.3 km SPrimary school — 2.3 km SPharmacy — 2.6 km S 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 (La Haye): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (La Haye): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (La Haye): 2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (La Haye): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (La Haye): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the MONTGARDON weather station, 4.4 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 30 m. [9]

The village sits 50 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. [9]

An average of 1,031 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ST SYMPHORIEN, 1.6 km away at 30 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50372/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50372/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50372/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50372/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50236
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fallencourt76232 km E17610.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 91 %
Bourg52532 km E17811.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 35 %
Sourribes04812 km SE17416.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 51 %
Vars70558 km E17610.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 45 %
Malzy02385 km E1789.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 45 %
Aubigny-lès-Sombernon21509 km SE17516No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 35 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fallencourt76232 km E17610.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 91 %
Malzy02385 km E1789.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 45 %
Aubigny-lès-Sombernon21509 km SE17516No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 35 %
Bourg52532 km E17811.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 35 %
Vars70558 km E17610.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 45 %
Sourribes04812 km SE17416.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 51 %

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