Saint-Jean-de-la-Rivière

Manche · CA du Cotentin · INSEE 50490

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

Few services 29.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Jean-de-la-Rivière (INSEE 50490) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 363 (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/50490-saint-jean-de-la-riviere

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 18,039 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE CLOS RUBIER). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE KISSING · LES VIKINGS). ^[4]

3 × Campsite (CAPFUN LES VIKINGS (5*) · CAMPING DU GOLF · CAMPING LE PRE NORMAND). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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

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	LE CLOS RUBIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE KISSING · LES VIKINGS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	3	CAPFUN LES VIKINGS (5*) · CAMPING DU GOLF · CAMPING LE PRE NORMAND	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 174 2023: 363 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 351 (2012) → 363 (2023): 3.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 218 (1990) → 363 (2023): 66.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 475, of which 61.1 % second homes and 0.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 1.3 km NWBakery — 1.4 km NWPrimary school — 1.5 km NWGP — 1.5 km NWPharmacy — 1.5 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 (Barneville-Carteret): 1.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Barneville-Carteret): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Barneville-Carteret): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Barneville-Carteret): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Barneville-Carteret): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 9.2▸

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 9 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BARNEVILLE CART weather station, 4.7 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 19 m. ^[9]

An average of 1,069 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at FIERVILLE-LES-M, 4.5 km away at 72 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50490/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50490/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50490/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50490/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50031
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
Saint-Georges-de-la-Rivière	50	1.2 km SE	250	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
La Côte-d'Arbroz	74	721 km SE	349	41.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 0 %
Champeaux	50	72 km S	349	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 96 %
La Mure-Argens	04	869 km SE	345	19	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 0 %
Saint-Pancrace	73	759 km SE	307	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 0 %
Rosis	34	731 km SE	279	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 80 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Georges-de-la-Rivière	50	1.2 km SE	250	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Champeaux	50	72 km S	349	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 96 %
La Côte-d'Arbroz	74	721 km SE	349	41.9	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 0 %
Rosis	34	731 km SE	279	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 21 % · winter 80 %
Saint-Pancrace	73	759 km SE	307	21.9	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 0 %
La Mure-Argens	04	869 km SE	345	19	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 46 % · winter 0 %

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Elsewhere

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