Pontaubault

Manche · CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie · INSEE 50408

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

Partly served 46.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pontaubault (INSEE 50408) is in Manche (50), part of CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. Population 579 (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/50408-pontaubault

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,281 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.68	10	6.77
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 0 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) (GONFROY D). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LES ARCHES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE MASCARET). ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (PONTAUBAULT RP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (OSMOZE FEMININ MASCULIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA VALLEE DE LA SELUNE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	GONFROY D	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	LES ARCHES	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE MASCARET	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ANDRE PARISY	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	1	PONTAUBAULT RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	OSMOZE FEMININ MASCULIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LA VALLEE DE LA SELUNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 375 2023: 579 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 477 (2012) → 579 (2023): 21.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 492 (1990) → 579 (2023): 17.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 302, of which 3.6 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.7 km NGP — 3.2 km NPharmacy — 4.4 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 (Pontaubault): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Avranches): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Avranches): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ducey-Les Chéris): 4.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Pontaubault): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the PONTORSON weather station, 12.3 km away at 33 m; the village itself is at 15 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PONTORSON, 12.3 km away at 33 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,065 mm of rain a year, spread over 154 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST OVIN, 9.6 km away at 155 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 — 50408/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50408/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50408/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50408/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50408
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50025
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50168
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
Zouafques	62	345 km NE	592	47.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Victor-l'Abbaye	76	214 km NE	745	48	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 82 %
Barbonne-Fayel	51	371 km E	482	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Binas	41	223 km E	674	40.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Nantilly	70	528 km E	443	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 %
Aubin-Saint-Vaast	62	310 km NE	733	40	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Victor-l'Abbaye	76	214 km NE	745	48	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 82 %
Binas	41	223 km E	674	40.1	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Aubin-Saint-Vaast	62	310 km NE	733	40	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Zouafques	62	345 km NE	592	47.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Barbonne-Fayel	51	371 km E	482	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Nantilly	70	528 km E	443	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Pontaubault'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
Tramain	22	82 km W	704	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Neuvillalais	72	113 km SE	585	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Plévin	22	165 km W	754	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Le Tronquay	14	77 km NE	745	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Baupte	50	76 km N	436	41.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chambray	27	201 km E	391	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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