Poilley

Manche · CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie · INSEE 50407

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

Partly served 42.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Poilley (INSEE 50407) is in Manche (50), part of CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. Population 969 (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/50407-poilley

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 14,502 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	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.96	10	9.62
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.42

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

3 × Restaurant (RESTO LES MARTINAISES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE MOULIN DE QUINCAMPOIX). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), 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	3	RESTO LES MARTINAISES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE MOULIN DE QUINCAMPOIX	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 644 2023: 969 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 903 (2012) → 969 (2023): 7.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 663 (1990) → 969 (2023): 46.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 466, of which 5.8 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.2 km EPharmacy — 1.2 km EFood shop — 1.3 km EGP — 1.5 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 (Ducey-Les Chéris): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ducey-Les Chéris): 1.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ducey-Les Chéris): 1.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ducey-Les Chéris): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Poilley): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.5

Days at or below 0 °C 27.1

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PONTORSON weather station, 14.8 km away at 33 m; the village itself is at 23 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PONTORSON, 14.8 km away at 33 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,065 mm of rain a year, spread over 154 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST OVIN, 8.4 km away at 155 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50407/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50407/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50407/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50407/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50168
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50407
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
La Lucerne-d'Outremer	50	20 km NW	880	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Mosnac-Saint-Simeux	16	348 km S	950	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Quibou	50	51 km N	858	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Ballon	17	286 km S	828	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Boulay-les-Barres	45	240 km E	1,147	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Neuville-Saint-Amand	02	363 km NE	848	25.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Lucerne-d'Outremer	50	20 km NW	880	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Quibou	50	51 km N	858	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Boulay-les-Barres	45	240 km E	1,147	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Ballon	17	286 km S	828	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Mosnac-Saint-Simeux	16	348 km S	950	35.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Neuville-Saint-Amand	02	363 km NE	848	25.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · 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 Poilley'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
Quibou	50	51 km N	858	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Crémarest	62	321 km NE	815	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Tramain	22	84 km W	704	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Aigneville	80	264 km NE	904	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Berville-sur-Mer	27	152 km NE	664	37.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Hoguette	14	89 km E	662	32.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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