Orval sur Sienne

Manche · CC Coutances Mer et Bocage · INSEE 50388

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

Few services 23.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Orval sur Sienne (INSEE 50388) is in Manche (50), part of CC Coutances Mer et Bocage. Population 1,233 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 1 former commune: Montchaton (50339). ^[3]

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/50388-orval-sur-sienne

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 9 % of the 13,048 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.59	10	5.93
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar. ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (ORVAL AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ORVAL-SUR-SIENNE). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (NOUVEL'HAIR · COIFFURE ADE'MICILE). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	ORVAL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ORVAL-SUR-SIENNE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	NOUVEL'HAIR · COIFFURE ADE'MICILE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,002 peak 2007: 1,247 2023: 1,233 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,181 (2012) → 1,233 (2023): 4.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,128 (1990) → 1,233 (2023): 9.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 692, of which 10.4 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.4 km NWFood shop — 2.4 km SPharmacy — 3.4 km NEGP — 4.1 km NE 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 (Heugueville-sur-Sienne): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Quettreville-sur-Sienne): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Coutances): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Coutances): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Orval sur Sienne): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 26

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the COUTANCES weather station, 3.5 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 56 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at CERISY LA SALLE, 12.9 km away at 134 m, over 21 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 78 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,089 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at COUTANCES, 3.5 km away at 80 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50388/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50388/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50388/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50388/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50243
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50419
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50147
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50388
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
Locunolé	29	190 km SW	1,177	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Gouézec	29	207 km SW	1,111	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Colombiers	86	287 km SE	1,405	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-de-Coppel	63	516 km SE	1,281	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Doue	77	339 km E	1,122	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
La Méaugon	22	116 km SW	1,320	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Méaugon	22	116 km SW	1,320	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Locunolé	29	190 km SW	1,177	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Gouézec	29	207 km SW	1,111	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Colombiers	86	287 km SE	1,405	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Doue	77	339 km E	1,122	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Julien-de-Coppel	63	516 km SE	1,281	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Orval sur Sienne'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
Locunolé	29	190 km SW	1,177	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Gouézec	29	207 km SW	1,111	22.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
La Méaugon	22	116 km SW	1,320	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Plouvara	22	120 km SW	1,144	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Tourch	29	205 km SW	1,002	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Boqueho	22	124 km SW	1,054	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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