Pierreville

Manche · CA du Cotentin · INSEE 50401

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

Few services 37.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pierreville (INSEE 50401) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 757 (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/50401-pierreville

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 15,991 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.88	10	8.76
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LT POSTAIRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (LMZ COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	LT POSTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	LMZ COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 531 2023: 757 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 739 (2012) → 757 (2023): 2.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 550 (1990) → 757 (2023): 37.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 373, of which 7.8 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.6 km SWFood shop — 2.6 km SWGP — 4.6 km NWPharmacy — 9.6 km NW 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 (Surtainville): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Surtainville): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Les Pieux): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Flamanville): 9.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Pierreville): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 32.1

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 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BRICQUEBEC weather station, 9.7 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 53 m. ^[12]

An average of 1,231 mm of rain a year, spread over 154 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BRICQUEBEC, 9.7 km away at 38 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 — 50401/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50401/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50401/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50401/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50585
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50402
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50184
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50401
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
Saint-Denis-de-Méré	14	114 km SE	754	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Saint-Firmin	71	549 km SE	773	37	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 59 %
Beaugeay	17	405 km S	794	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 86 %
La Celle-sur-Loire	58	412 km SE	785	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 72 %
Poligny	77	359 km E	825	34.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 78 %
Gratens	31	719 km S	805	43	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 18 % · winter 84 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Denis-de-Méré	14	114 km SE	754	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Poligny	77	359 km E	825	34.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 54 % · winter 78 %
Beaugeay	17	405 km S	794	39.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 86 %
La Celle-sur-Loire	58	412 km SE	785	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Firmin	71	549 km SE	773	37	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 59 %
Gratens	31	719 km S	805	43	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 18 % · winter 84 %

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