Saint-Denis-le-Vêtu

Manche · CC Coutances Mer et Bocage · INSEE 50464

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

Few services 25/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Denis-le-Vêtu (INSEE 50464) is in Manche (50), part of CC Coutances Mer et Bocage. Population 590 (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 25/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 17,186 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	0.58	10	5.79
Housing mix	0.57	5	2.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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 × Restaurant (LA BARATTE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	1	LA BARATTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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

1968: 648 2023: 590 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 610 (2012) → 590 (2023): -3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 547 (1990) → 590 (2023): 7.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 322, of which 21.7 % second homes and 0.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.4 km SWFood shop — 3.4 km SWGP — 5.0 km EPharmacy — 5.2 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 (Quettreville-sur-Sienne): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Quettreville-sur-Sienne): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Roncey): 5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Quettreville-sur-Sienne): 5.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Denis-le-Vêtu): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 26

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COUTANCES weather station, 7.5 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 68 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CERISY LA SALLE, 9.5 km away at 134 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 66 m above 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 997 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at QUETTREVILLE, 5.3 km away at 34 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 — 50464/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50464/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50464/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50464/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50419
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50437
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50464
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
Matafelon-Granges	01	603 km SE	623	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %
Serviers-et-Labaume	30	705 km SE	590	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Pierrerue	04	787 km SE	529	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-de-Boëge	74	662 km SE	597	27.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Les Baux-de-Breteuil	27	162 km E	673	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 55 %
La Forge	88	607 km E	517	26.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Baux-de-Breteuil	27	162 km E	673	26.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 55 %
Matafelon-Granges	01	603 km SE	623	30.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %
La Forge	88	607 km E	517	26.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-de-Boëge	74	662 km SE	597	27.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Serviers-et-Labaume	30	705 km SE	590	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Pierrerue	04	787 km SE	529	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 11 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Denis-le-Vêtu'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
Saint-Malo-des-Trois-Fontaines	56	134 km SW	545	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Fiquefleur-Équainville	27	132 km E	736	30	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
La Calotterie	62	279 km NE	582	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel	61	149 km E	667	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Longues-sur-Mer	14	65 km NE	585	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bosville	76	174 km NE	584	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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