Quibou

Identity

Quibou (INSEE 50420) is in Manche (50), part of CA Saint-Lô Agglo. Population 858 (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/50420-quibou

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 15,228 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 929 (2012) → 858 (2023): -7.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 809 (1990) → 858 (2023): 6.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 448, of which 3.8 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Canisy): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Quibou): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Canisy): 1.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Canisy): 2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 16 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CERISY LA SALLE weather station, 8 km away at 134 m; the village itself is at 64 m. ^[10]

The village sits 70 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CERISY LA SALLE, 8 km away at 134 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 70 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 1,104 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CERISY LA SALLE, 8 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

62 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 129,000 € — 927 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Manche is 1,444 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50420/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50420/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50420/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50420/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50095
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50420
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025