La Pernelle

Identity

La Pernelle (INSEE 50395) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 286 (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/50395-la-pernelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 17,713 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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LE PANORAMIQUE · CAFE DE LA PERNELLE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 246 (2012) → 286 (2023): 16.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 293 (1990) → 286 (2023): -2.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 153, of which 17 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Vicel): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Anneville-en-Saire): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Réville): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Quettehou): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Réville): 3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 14 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BARFLEUR weather station, 5.7 km away at 13 m; the village itself is at 83 m. ^[12]

The village sits 70 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. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at GONNEVILLE, 12.5 km away at 134 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 51 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 866 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST VAAST LA HOUGUE, 5.4 km away at 17 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

18 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 145,500 € — 1,645 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Manche is 1,444 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[13]

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 — 50395/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50395/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50395/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50395/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50633
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50013
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50433
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50417
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025