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Saint-Germain-sur-Sèves

Manche · CC Côte Ouest Centre Manche · INSEE 50482

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 8.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 7 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-sur-Sèves (INSEE 50482) is in Manche (50), part of CC Côte Ouest Centre Manche. Population 181 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/50482-saint-germain-sur-seves

Vitality score

Vitality score 8.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 7 % of the 15,351 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.32103.19
Housing mix0.853.99

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 221 2023: 181 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 204 (2012) → 181 (2023): -11.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 221 (1990) → 181 (2023): -18.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 99, of which 10.1 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 4.3 km NE (Terre-et-Marais)Bakery — 4.4 km NE (Terre-et-Marais)Food shop — 4.4 km NE (Terre-et-Marais)GP — 4.8 km SW (Périers)Pharmacy — 4.9 km SW (Périers)
Primary school — 4.3 km NEBakery — 4.4 km NEFood shop — 4.4 km NEGP — 4.8 km SWPharmacy — 4.9 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 (Terre-et-Marais): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Terre-et-Marais): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Périers): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Périers): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Terre-et-Marais): 4.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BAUPTE weather station, 9.4 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 16 m. [10]

An average of 937 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MEAUTIS, 6.5 km away at 15 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50482/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50482/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50482/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50482/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50564
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50394
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ruffiac47551 km S17912.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 31 % · winter 85 %
Craon86291 km S1839No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 80 %
Saint-Germain-de-Vibrac17430 km S18610No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 88 %
Plessis-Barbuise10369 km E18416.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 72 %
Champcerie6196 km SE17716.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 77 %
La Racineuse71553 km SE17715.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 61 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Champcerie6196 km SE17716.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 77 %
Craon86291 km S1839No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 80 %
Plessis-Barbuise10369 km E18416.6No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Germain-de-Vibrac17430 km S18610No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 88 %
Ruffiac47551 km S17912.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 31 % · winter 85 %
La Racineuse71553 km SE17715.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 61 %

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