Saint-Barthélemy
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 24/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Barthélemy (INSEE 50450) is in Manche (50), part of CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie. Population 342 (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 24/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 54 % of the 18,048 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 | 0.5 | 25 | 12.47 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.38 | 10 | 3.81 |
| Housing mix | 0.82 | 5 | 4.11 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA FOURNEE D'ALENCON · LA BULLE SUCREE DE MARIE). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU P'TIT ST-BAR). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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) | 2 | LA FOURNEE D'ALENCON · LA BULLE SUCREE DE MARIE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | AU P'TIT ST-BAR | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 337 (2012) → 342 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 388 (1990) → 342 (2023): -11.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 192, of which 8.9 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Barthélemy): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Mortain-Bocage): 3 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Mortain-Bocage): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Juvigny les Vallées): 5 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Mortain-Bocage): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the COULOUVRAY-BOISBENATRE weather station, 15.9 km away at 268 m; the village itself is at 292 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BRECEY, 16.8 km away at 63 m, over 15 summers. [11]
That station sits 229 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,221 mm of rain a year, spread over 157 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-CLEMENT, 5 km away at 269 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 — 50450/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50450/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50450/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50450/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50450
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50359
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50260
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Pasquier | 39 | 554 km E | 293 | 28.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
| Escombres-et-le-Chesnois | 08 | 456 km E | 342 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Déservillers | 25 | 556 km E | 341 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| Autrecourt-et-Pourron | 08 | 447 km E | 342 | 23.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arthezé | 72 | 117 km SE | 350 | 20 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Mâcon | 79 | 196 km S | 325 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 96 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthezé | 72 | 117 km SE | 350 | 20 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Mâcon | 79 | 196 km S | 325 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 96 % |
| Autrecourt-et-Pourron | 08 | 447 km E | 342 | 23.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Escombres-et-le-Chesnois | 08 | 456 km E | 342 | 19.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Pasquier | 39 | 554 km E | 293 | 28.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 % |
| Déservillers | 25 | 556 km E | 341 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 36 % · 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 Saint-Barthélemy'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreuil-sur-Lozon | 50 | 55 km N | 339 | 22.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Envronville | 76 | 161 km NE | 367 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pronville-en-Artois | 62 | 331 km NE | 307 | 20.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cramont | 80 | 272 km NE | 304 | 19.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tréfumel | 22 | 88 km SW | 282 | 31.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Noirefontaine | 25 | 592 km E | 324 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
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