Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard

Manche · CA du Cotentin · INSEE 50480

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

Few services 22.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard (INSEE 50480) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 801 (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/50480-saint-germain-le-gaillard

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 15,636 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.81	10	8.11
Housing mix	0.63	5	3.16

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 1 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 PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-GERMAIN-LE-GAILLARD). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LANDE CAUDART). ^[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. ^[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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-GERMAIN-LE-GAILLARD	INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LANDE CAUDART	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: 523 2023: 801 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 736 (2012) → 801 (2023): 8.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 611 (1990) → 801 (2023): 31.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 456, of which 18.4 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.4 km NGP — 3.5 km NWBakery — 3.6 km NWPharmacy — 8.6 km NW 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 (Les Pieux): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Pieux): 3.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Les Pieux): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Flamanville): 8.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2▸

Days at or below 0 °C 33.7

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BRICQUEBEC weather station, 9.8 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 120 m. ^[11]

The village sits 82 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. ^[11]

An average of 1,231 mm of rain a year, spread over 154 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BRICQUEBEC, 9.8 km away at 38 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 — 50480/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50480/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50480/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50480/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50402
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50184
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50480
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
Marat	63	591 km SE	801	16.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 73 %
Ouerre	28	252 km E	785	25.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 93 %
Nayemont-les-Fosses	88	655 km E	778	19	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 18 %
Saint-Julien-du-Serre	07	712 km SE	879	22.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 8 % · winter 100 %
Desingy	74	692 km SE	764	25.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 66 %
Soulignonne	17	419 km S	752	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ouerre	28	252 km E	785	25.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 93 %
Soulignonne	17	419 km S	752	25.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 92 %
Marat	63	591 km SE	801	16.4	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 73 %
Nayemont-les-Fosses	88	655 km E	778	19	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 18 %
Desingy	74	692 km SE	764	25.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 66 %
Saint-Julien-du-Serre	07	712 km SE	879	22.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 8 % · winter 100 %

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