Saint-Aubin-des-Préaux

Manche · CC de Granville, Terre et Mer · INSEE 50447

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

Few services 23/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Aubin-des-Préaux (INSEE 50447) is in Manche (50), part of CC de Granville, Terre et Mer. Population 488 (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/50447-saint-aubin-des-preaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 23/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 17,802 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.94	10	9.4
Housing mix	0.77	5	3.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 1 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Campsite (LES CASTELS CHATEAU DE LEZ-EAUX (5*)). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	LES CASTELS CHATEAU DE LEZ-EAUX (5*)	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 274 2023: 488 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 420 (2012) → 488 (2023): 16.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 339 (1990) → 488 (2023): 44 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 265, of which 11.7 % second homes and 10.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.4 km WGP — 2.4 km WBakery — 3.0 km NWPharmacy — 4.8 km W 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-Pair-sur-Mer): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Pair-sur-Mer): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Pair-sur-Mer): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Pair-sur-Mer): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Aubin-des-Préaux): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 38.7

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 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LONGUEVILLE weather station, 8 km away at 5 m; the village itself is at 81 m. ^[10]

The village sits 76 m above 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]

An average of 826 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GRANVILLE-STEP, 6.4 km away at 24 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50447/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50447/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50447/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50447/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50532
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50447
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
Brinay	18	326 km SE	490	16.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 78 %
Montagny-près-Louhans	71	560 km SE	489	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 8 % · winter 93 %
La Neuveville-devant-Lépanges	88	606 km E	493	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 53 %
Selles	27	157 km E	480	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 %
Ludesse	63	498 km SE	487	23.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 66 %
Saint-Vincent-des-Prés	72	150 km E	502	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Vincent-des-Prés	72	150 km E	502	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 93 %
Selles	27	157 km E	480	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 96 %
Brinay	18	326 km SE	490	16.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 78 %
Ludesse	63	498 km SE	487	23.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 66 %
Montagny-près-Louhans	71	560 km SE	489	21.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 8 % · winter 93 %
La Neuveville-devant-Lépanges	88	606 km E	493	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 53 %

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