Précey

Manche · CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie · INSEE 50413

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

Few services 32.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Précey (INSEE 50413) is in Manche (50), part of CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. Population 559 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 32.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,438 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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]

1 × Café / bar (AU SOLEIL LEVANT). ^[4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	1	AU SOLEIL LEVANT	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	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: 401 2023: 559 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 516 (2012) → 559 (2023): 8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 341 (1990) → 559 (2023): 63.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 269, of which 3.3 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.2 km NEFood shop — 5.5 km NGP — 5.9 km NPharmacy — 6.3 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): 3.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Avranches): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Avranches): 5.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ducey-Les Chéris): 6.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

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

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. ^[12]

Measured at the PONTORSON weather station, 9.7 km away at 33 m; the village itself is at 42 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PONTORSON, 9.7 km away at 33 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

An average of 813 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PONTORSON, 9.7 km away at 33 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 — 50413/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50413/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50413/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50413/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50408
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50025
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50168
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50413
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
Auchy-la-Montagne	60	276 km NE	562	31.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Hardivillers	60	285 km NE	548	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Gouy	02	370 km NE	572	27.8	Few services	no figures
Lisbourg	62	334 km NE	582	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Pelleport	31	574 km S	545	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 85 %
Bouillancourt-en-Séry	80	265 km NE	540	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bouillancourt-en-Séry	80	265 km NE	540	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Auchy-la-Montagne	60	276 km NE	562	31.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Hardivillers	60	285 km NE	548	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 %
Lisbourg	62	334 km NE	582	28.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Gouy	02	370 km NE	572	27.8	Few services	no figures
Pelleport	31	574 km S	545	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 28 % · winter 85 %

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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 Précey'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
Bouillancourt-en-Séry	80	265 km NE	540	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rieul	22	79 km W	551	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Hermaville	62	344 km NE	529	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
La Malhoure	22	86 km W	626	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Vaudringhem	62	335 km NE	494	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Franleu	80	274 km NE	501	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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