Sacey

Manche · CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie · INSEE 50443

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

Few services 25.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sacey (INSEE 50443) is in Manche (50), part of CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. Population 508 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/50443-sacey

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 17,729 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	0.52	10	5.16
Housing mix	0.74	5	3.69

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 1 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 (BDS- BAR DES SPORTS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE B DUGUESCLIN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (VIRGINIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE). ^[3,4]

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 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BDS- BAR DES SPORTS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE B DUGUESCLIN	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	1	VIRGINIE COIFFURE A DOMICILE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 648 2023: 508 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 553 (2012) → 508 (2023): -8.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 500 (1990) → 508 (2023): 1.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 298, of which 13.1 % second homes and 12.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 3.1 km SBakery — 3.7 km SEFood shop — 4.1 km EPharmacy — 5.8 km SW 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 (Saint-James): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-James): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Val-Couesnon): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Val-Couesnon): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sacey): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

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, 9.5 km away at 33 m; the village itself is at 26 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at PONTORSON, 9.5 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, 9.5 km away at 33 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 — 50443/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50443/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50443/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50443/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50487
INSEE BPE 2025 — 35004
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50443
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
Merléac	22	110 km W	481	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Broualan	35	15 km W	415	30.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Les Châteliers	79	244 km SE	445	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 74 %
Botsorhel	29	161 km W	425	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Espartignac	19	414 km SE	407	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Champgenéteux	53	84 km E	492	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Broualan	35	15 km W	415	30.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Champgenéteux	53	84 km E	492	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Merléac	22	110 km W	481	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Botsorhel	29	161 km W	425	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Les Châteliers	79	244 km SE	445	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 74 %
Espartignac	19	414 km SE	407	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · 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 Sacey'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
Merléac	22	110 km W	481	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Botsorhel	29	161 km W	425	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Le Saint	56	163 km W	612	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Haudricourt	76	267 km NE	461	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Calais-du-Désert	53	88 km E	396	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Montpinchon	50	58 km N	543	10.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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