Sainte-Cécile
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 39.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 69 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sainte-Cécile (INSEE 50453) is in Manche (50), part of CC de Villedieu Intercom. Population 792 (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 39.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 69 % of the 15,715 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 | 0.79 | 20 | 15.82 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.67 | 10 | 6.66 |
| Housing mix | 0.91 | 5 | 4.55 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (DOLCE VITA CAMION · MANOIR DE L ACHERIE · LE CECILIA). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (L'ESCALE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (STEPHANIE COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (MANOIR DE L ACHERIE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 | 3 | DOLCE VITA CAMION · MANOIR DE L ACHERIE · LE CECILIA | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | L'ESCALE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | 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 | STEPHANIE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | MANOIR DE L ACHERIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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 819 (2012) → 792 (2023): -3.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 679 (1990) → 792 (2023): 16.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 403, of which 4.5 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Sainte-Cécile): 0.3 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 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the COULOUVRAY-BOISBENATRE weather station, 8.4 km away at 268 m; the village itself is at 151 m. [10]
The village sits 117 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 BRECEY, 11.9 km away at 63 m, over 15 summers. [10]
That station sits 88 m below 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 1,391 mm of rain a year, spread over 165 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at COULOUVRAY-BOISBENATRE, 8.4 km away at 268 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 — 50453/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50453/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50453/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50453/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50639
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50453
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gratens | 31 | 638 km S | 805 | 43 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 % |
| Beaugeay | 17 | 330 km S | 794 | 39.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 % |
| Montaigu | 02 | 373 km E | 766 | 39 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Firmin | 71 | 477 km SE | 773 | 37 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marillac-le-Franc | 16 | 366 km S | 825 | 37.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sarrewerden | 67 | 605 km E | 816 | 31.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaugeay | 17 | 330 km S | 794 | 39.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 50 % |
| Marillac-le-Franc | 16 | 366 km S | 825 | 37.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 % |
| Montaigu | 02 | 373 km E | 766 | 39 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Firmin | 71 | 477 km SE | 773 | 37 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sarrewerden | 67 | 605 km E | 816 | 31.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gratens | 31 | 638 km S | 805 | 43 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 Sainte-Cécile'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coulomby | 62 | 310 km NE | 770 | 39.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Aigneville | 80 | 243 km NE | 904 | 38.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chauvigné | 35 | 55 km S | 810 | 40.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Trémeur | 22 | 96 km SW | 809 | 36.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Juch | 29 | 242 km W | 765 | 36.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gratot | 50 | 34 km NW | 679 | 39.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
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