Pirou

Manche · CC Côte Ouest Centre Manche · INSEE 50403

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

Partly served 51.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pirou (INSEE 50403) is in Manche (50), part of CC Côte Ouest Centre Manche. Population 1,514 (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/50403-pirou

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 79 % of the 11,565 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.92	20	18.34
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.74	10	7.37
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX GOURMANDISES DE PEPETTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (PROXI). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA DEBARQUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (SARL PECHEURS CREANCAIS). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (SOCIETE DES BORDS DE MER · DEVIL PIZZAS · LES EMBRUNS · LGK FAMILH). ^[3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LA NEUSTRIE · LE PIROUAIS). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PIROU AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PIROU). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (LE COTENTIN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL · AIRE NATURELLE FERME DE LA MORINIERE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX GOURMANDISES DE PEPETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	PROXI	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LA DEBARQUE	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	1	SARL PECHEURS CREANCAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	7	SOCIETE DES BORDS DE MER · DEVIL PIZZAS · LES EMBRUNS · LGK FAMILH	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar	4	LA NEUSTRIE · LE PIROUAIS	INSEE SIRENE 4 [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	1	PIROU AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PIROU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	LE COTENTIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL · AIRE NATURELLE FERME DE LA MORINIERE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,005 peak 2007: 1,598 2023: 1,514 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,523 (2012) → 1,514 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,224 (1990) → 1,514 (2023): 23.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,878, of which 55.6 % second homes and 2.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.8 km WFood shop — 1.8 km WPharmacy — 3.6 km NGP — 5.5 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 (Pirou): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pirou): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lessay): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Créances): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Pirou): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 19.2

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 19 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GOUVILLE weather station, 7.1 km away at 7 m; the village itself is at 12 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at GOUVILLE, 7.1 km away at 7 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 849 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GOUVILLE, 7.1 km away at 7 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50403/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50403/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50403/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50403/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50403
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50267
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50151
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
Bellevaux	74	687 km SE	1,450	50.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Grayan-et-l'Hôpital	33	416 km S	1,542	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Onnion	74	688 km SE	1,299	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Entrecasteaux	83	868 km SE	1,118	49.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Abondance	74	698 km SE	1,583	64.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
La Verdière	83	842 km SE	1,668	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Grayan-et-l'Hôpital	33	416 km S	1,542	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Bellevaux	74	687 km SE	1,450	50.8	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Onnion	74	688 km SE	1,299	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Abondance	74	698 km SE	1,583	64.4	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
La Verdière	83	842 km SE	1,668	45.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Entrecasteaux	83	868 km SE	1,118	49.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Pirou'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
Réville	50	55 km NE	1,040	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-sur-Ay	50	7.8 km N	926	61.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Locmariaquer	56	205 km SW	1,577	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Plédéliac	22	100 km SW	1,662	54.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Plougrescant	22	126 km W	1,242	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys	56	208 km SW	2,004	57.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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