Quettehou

Identity

Quettehou (INSEE 50417) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 1,811 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Morsalines (50358). ^[3]

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/50417-quettehou

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 66 % of the 10,262 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU SABLE NORMAND · BISCUITERIE DE SAINT-VAAST-LA-HOUGU · SARL CLEMENT). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COCCI MARKET). ^[4,5]

1 × Supermarket (CAFICO). ^[4,5]

2 × Restaurant (SARL LE CEDRE · LE BISTROY). ^[4,5]

2 × Café / bar (LE CLEMENCEAU · LE SAINT MICHEL). ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DOMINIQUE DROUARD, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE DU VAUPREUX). ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[4]

3 × Hairdresser (S.A.R.L. LE COIFFEUR NORMAND · L'ATELIER COIFFURE). ^[4,5]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL LA CHAUMIÈRE). ^[4,5]

1 × Campsite (LE CAMPING DU RIVAGE). ^[4,5]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,788 (2012) → 1,811 (2023): 1.3 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,623 (1990) → 1,811 (2023): 11.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,234, of which 19.4 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Quettehou): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Quettehou): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Quettehou): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Quettehou): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Quettehou): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 11 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BARFLEUR weather station, 8.5 km away at 13 m; the village itself is at 15 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at GONNEVILLE, 13.3 km away at 134 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 119 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 866 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST VAAST LA HOUGUE, 3.1 km away at 17 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50417/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE COG 2026
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50417/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50417/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50417/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50417
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024