Ouville

Manche · CC Coutances Mer et Bocage · INSEE 50389

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 28.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ouville (INSEE 50389) is in Manche (50), part of CC Coutances Mer et Bocage. Population 439 (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/50389-ouville

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 17,926 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.66	10	6.64
Housing mix	0.81	5	4.07

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ECO BOCAGE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'OUVILLE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	ECO BOCAGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'OUVILLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 447 peak 2012: 450 2023: 439 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 450 (2012) → 439 (2023): -2.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 377 (1990) → 439 (2023): 16.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 246, of which 9.3 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 3.3 km NWGP — 4.0 km SEPharmacy — 5.7 km E 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 (Courcy): 3.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ouville): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Roncey): 4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Cerisy-la-Salle): 5.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Ouville): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 19.8

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CERISY LA SALLE weather station, 5 km away at 134 m; the village itself is at 106 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at CERISY LA SALLE, 5 km away at 134 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,104 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CERISY LA SALLE, 5 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50389/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50389/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50389/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50389/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50145
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50389
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50437
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50111
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
Lagos	64	652 km S	473	25.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 62 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-Pierre-Lafeuille	46	544 km SE	419	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Préguillac	17	377 km S	444	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Sécheras	07	634 km SE	516	32	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Le Perchay	95	240 km E	504	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes	33	468 km S	386	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Perchay	95	240 km E	504	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Préguillac	17	377 km S	444	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 78 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes	33	468 km S	386	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 85 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Pierre-Lafeuille	46	544 km SE	419	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 10 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Sécheras	07	634 km SE	516	32	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Lagos	64	652 km S	473	25.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 62 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Ouville'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
Lothey	29	217 km SW	424	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Charchigné	53	97 km SE	459	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Le Caule-Sainte-Beuve	76	229 km E	473	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Quemperven	22	147 km W	417	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maudan	22	145 km SW	399	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Le Tréhou	29	215 km W	633	32.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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