Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande

Identity

Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande (INSEE 50506) is in Manche (50), part of CC Coutances Mer et Bocage. Population 460 (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/50506-saint-malo-de-la-lande

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 17,957 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.

Services

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

2 × Café / bar (LA P'TITE HALTE · LE MONTGOMERY). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (RPI BLAINVILLE - ST MALO DE LA LANDE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT MALO DE LA LANDE RP). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 482 (2012) → 460 (2023): -4.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 293 (1990) → 460 (2023): 57 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 250, of which 13.2 % second homes and 1.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Tourville-sur-Sienne): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tourville-sur-Sienne): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Tourville-sur-Sienne): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Agon-Coutainville): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Malo-de-la-Lande): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GOUVILLE weather station, 6.3 km away at 7 m; the village itself is at 60 m. ^[11]

The village sits 53 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]

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

Humidity measured at GOUVILLE, 6.3 km away at 7 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 53 m below 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 849 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GOUVILLE, 6.3 km away at 7 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

33 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 180,000 € — 2,055 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Manche is 1,444 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[12]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50506/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50506/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50506/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50506/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50603
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50003
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50506
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025