Pontorson
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 56.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Pontorson (INSEE 50410) is in Manche (50), part of CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. Population 4,280 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 8 former communes: Ardevon (50017), Boucey (50065), Cormeray (50141), Curey (50157), Macey (50284), Moidrey (50331), Les Pas (50392), Vessey (50630). [3]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/50410-pontorson
Vitality score
Vitality score 56.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 71 % of the 5,347 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 | 0.58 | 25 | 14.49 |
| Social | 0.84 | 20 | 16.9 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.43 | 10 | 4.27 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.37 | 10 | 3.75 |
| Housing mix | 0.73 | 5 | 3.66 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA BAIE DES GOURMANDISES · LA MIE SAINT MICHEL · BOULANGERIE DU TERROIR · LA MIE DU MONT · MAISON VARIN). [4,5]
2 × Butcher (boucherie). [4,5]
4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LIBRE SERVICE MT ST MICHEL · YASS MARKET · PROXI · LE COMPTOIR DE PONTORSON). [4,5]
2 × Supermarket (LIDL · CARREFOUR MARKET). [4,5]
15 × Restaurant (RAPID LUNCH · CREPERIE DU COUESNON · MCDONALD'S · ISTANBUL KEBAB). [4,5]
5 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA BAIE · LE BHV · LE BRAZZA · LE GRILLON). [5]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (GROUPE SCOLAIRE LE CHAT- PERGAUD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE NOTRE-DAME). [4]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE GEORGES BRASSENS). [4]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DANIEL CHANE, MÉDECIN · VALERIAN CAPELLE, MÉDECIN · MYRIAM BOUABDILLAH, MÉDECIN · AURELIEN LE BIHAN, MÉDECIN). [4]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU COUESNON). [4,5]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE PONTORSON). [4]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF INTERCOMMUNAL). [4]
4 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE PONTORSON · AGENCE DE PONTORSON · CREDIT AGRICOLE NORMANDIE · CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL DE MAINE ANJOU ET BASSE NORMANDIE). [4]
5 × Hairdresser (AVANTI · LD COIFFURE · ID'COIFFURE). [4,5]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [4,5]
7 × Hotel (ARIANE · HOTEL VICTOR HUGO · MOTEL VERT LA ROTISSERIE · AUBERGE DE LA BAIE · HÔTEL BEST WESTERN MONTGOMERY). [4,5]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING HALIOTIS). [4,5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Supermarket, 8 × Restaurant, 4 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 5 | LA BAIE DES GOURMANDISES · LA MIE SAINT MICHEL · BOULANGERIE DU TERROIR · LA MIE DU MONT · MAISON VARIN | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 4 | LIBRE SERVICE MT ST MICHEL · YASS MARKET · PROXI · LE COMPTOIR DE PONTORSON | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5] |
| Supermarket | 2 | LIDL · CARREFOUR MARKET | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 15 | RAPID LUNCH · CREPERIE DU COUESNON · MCDONALD'S · ISTANBUL KEBAB | INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 23 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 5 | CAFE DE LA BAIE · LE BHV · LE BRAZZA · LE GRILLON | INSEE SIRENE 5 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | GROUPE SCOLAIRE LE CHAT- PERGAUD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE NOTRE-DAME | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE GEORGES BRASSENS | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | DANIEL CHANE, MÉDECIN · VALERIAN CAPELLE, MÉDECIN · MYRIAM BOUABDILLAH, MÉDECIN · AURELIEN LE BIHAN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DU COUESNON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE DE PONTORSON | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF INTERCOMMUNAL | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 4 | CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE PONTORSON · AGENCE DE PONTORSON · CREDIT AGRICOLE NORMANDIE · CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL DE MAINE ANJOU ET BASSE NORMANDIE | INSEE BPE 4 [4] |
| Hairdresser | 5 | AVANTI · LD COIFFURE · ID'COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Hotel | 7 | ARIANE · HOTEL VICTOR HUGO · MOTEL VERT LA ROTISSERIE · AUBERGE DE LA BAIE · HÔTEL BEST WESTERN MONTGOMERY | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [4,5] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING HALIOTIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday 8 h 00 à 13 h 00 Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville ; Place de l'Église ; Rue Saint-Michel ; Rue de Tanis. [6]
Trajectory
Population 4,584 (2012) → 4,280 (2023): -6.6 % over 10 years. [7,1]
Population 4,893 (1990) → 4,280 (2023): -12.5 % over 30 years. [8,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,785, of which 13.4 % second homes and 10.4 % vacant. [9]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Pontorson): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Food shop (Pontorson): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
GP (Pontorson): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Pontorson): 0 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Pontorson): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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, 3.6 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, 3.6 km away at 33 m, over 28 summers. [11]
An average of 813 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at PONTORSON, 3.6 km away at 33 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [6]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50410/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.pontorson.eu/marche/— “Le Marché de Pontorson est présent les mercredis matin de 8 h 00 à 13 h 00”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50410/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50410/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50410/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50410
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breteuil | 27 | 181 km E | 4,282 | 50.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 57 % |
| Plouarzel | 29 | 238 km W | 4,029 | 46.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey | 06 | 840 km SE | 3,658 | 53.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marvejols | 48 | 577 km SE | 4,764 | 55.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 31 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Val-d'Ajol | 88 | 596 km E | 3,885 | 55.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 28 % |
| Sanguinet | 40 | 454 km S | 4,741 | 53.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breteuil | 27 | 181 km E | 4,282 | 50.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 57 % |
| Plouarzel | 29 | 238 km W | 4,029 | 46.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sanguinet | 40 | 454 km S | 4,741 | 53.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 80 % · humidity 29 % |
| Marvejols | 48 | 577 km SE | 4,764 | 55.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 31 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Val-d'Ajol | 88 | 596 km E | 3,885 | 55.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 28 % |
| Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey | 06 | 840 km SE | 3,658 | 53.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 66 % · 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 Pontorson'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plomelin | 29 | 208 km W | 4,239 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tinchebray-Bocage | 61 | 62 km E | 4,813 | 50.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Allaire | 56 | 113 km SW | 3,955 | 47.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Torigny-les-Villes | 50 | 66 km NE | 4,444 | 56.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villeneuve-en-Retz | 44 | 171 km S | 5,120 | 61.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Retiers | 35 | 72 km S | 4,566 | 54.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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