Nouainville

Identity

Nouainville (INSEE 50382) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 607 (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/50382-nouainville

Vitality score

Vitality score 17.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 13 % of the 17,032 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

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 470 (2012) → 607 (2023): 29.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 335 (1990) → 607 (2023): 81.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 254, of which 1.2 % second homes and 2.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Cherbourg-en-Cotentin): 2.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cherbourg-en-Cotentin): 2.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Cherbourg-en-Cotentin): 2.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Cherbourg-en-Cotentin): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Hague): 2.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 0 days a year at or above 30 °C and 6 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CHERBOURG-HOMET weather station, 5.4 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 113 m. ^[10]

The village sits 94 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. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at GONNEVILLE, 16.2 km away at 134 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,101 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at TONNEVILLE, 3.1 km away at 97 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

32 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 274,475 € — 2,447 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Manche is 1,444 € per m², so this commune sits above 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 — 50382/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50382/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50382/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50382/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50129
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50041
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025