Saint-Gilles

Manche · CA Saint-Lô Agglo · INSEE 50483

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 30.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Gilles (INSEE 50483) is in Manche (50), part of CA Saint-Lô Agglo. Population 1,030 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 30.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 14,135 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE HOUSSET). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'ESPLANADE). ^[4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE SPORTS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (R'ATTITUDE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE HOUSSET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	L'ESPLANADE	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	1	SALLE DE SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	R'ATTITUDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 490 2023: 1,030 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 897 (2012) → 1,030 (2023): 14.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 676 (1990) → 1,030 (2023): 52.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 482, of which 1 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 2.5 km NFood shop — 2.6 km NPharmacy — 2.6 km N 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 (Saint-Gilles): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Thèreval): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Thèreval): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Thèreval): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Gilles): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.4▸

Days at or below 0 °C 26.5

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PONT-HEBERT weather station, 8.8 km away at 58 m; the village itself is at 103 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at CERISY LA SALLE, 11.9 km away at 134 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 971 mm of rain a year, spread over 147 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PONT-HEBERT, 8.8 km away at 58 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

62 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 184,500 € — 1,560 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Manche is 1,444 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50483/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50483/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50483/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50483/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50483
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50239
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Acy	02	334 km E	1,004	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Bindernheim	67	651 km E	1,055	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Norroy-lès-Pont-à-Mousson	54	525 km E	1,149	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 30 %
Joué-l'Abbé	72	151 km SE	1,267	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre	45	325 km SE	1,222	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 42 %
Thivencelle	59	376 km NE	817	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Joué-l'Abbé	72	151 km SE	1,267	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre	45	325 km SE	1,222	26.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 42 %
Acy	02	334 km E	1,004	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Thivencelle	59	376 km NE	817	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Norroy-lès-Pont-à-Mousson	54	525 km E	1,149	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 30 %
Bindernheim	67	651 km E	1,055	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 34 % · 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-Gilles'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
Ham-en-Artois	62	308 km NE	944	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Hondeghem	59	322 km NE	916	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Rolleville	76	114 km NE	1,209	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Tourville-sur-Arques	76	185 km NE	1,187	22.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Andel	22	123 km SW	1,180	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Landudal	29	237 km SW	930	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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