Sainte-Marie-du-Mont

Manche · CC de la Baie du Cotentin · INSEE 50509

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

Partly served 58.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Marie-du-Mont (INSEE 50509) is in Manche (50), part of CC de la Baie du Cotentin. Population 685 (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/50509-sainte-marie-du-mont

Vitality score

Vitality score 58.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 16,487 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	0.71	25	17.74
Social	0.81	20	16.25
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.38	10	3.79
Housing mix	0.25	5	1.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE TUTTI FRUITTI). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SENOVILLE WILLY). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BAR DU 6 JUIN). ^[3,4]

3 × Fishmonger (A LA PECHE AUX MOULES · AUX VIVIERS D'UTAH BEACH). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (DOMAINE DU GRAND HARD · AU DEBARQUEMENT · CHEZ ROGER · CREPERIE MONTOISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ ROGER). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLAUDE LAFRAGETTE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINTE MARIE DU MONT AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE FAUTEUIL DE CHLOE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE GRAND HARD). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING PARADIS UTAH BEACH). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE TUTTI FRUITTI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SENOVILLE WILLY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	BAR DU 6 JUIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	3	A LA PECHE AUX MOULES · AUX VIVIERS D'UTAH BEACH	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	DOMAINE DU GRAND HARD · AU DEBARQUEMENT · CHEZ ROGER · CREPERIE MONTOISE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CHEZ ROGER	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)	1	CLAUDE LAFRAGETTE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	SAINTE MARIE DU MONT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LE FAUTEUIL DE CHLOE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LE GRAND HARD	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite	1	CAMPING PARADIS UTAH BEACH	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 896 2023: 685 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 740 (2012) → 685 (2023): -7.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 779 (1990) → 685 (2023): -12.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 556, of which 37.4 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 3.8 km EPharmacy — 7.4 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 (Sainte-Marie-du-Mont): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sainte-Marie-du-Mont): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sainte-Marie-du-Mont): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Mère-Église): 7.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sainte-Marie-du-Mont): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 20.2

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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

Measured at the STE MARIE DU MO weather station, 5.1 km away at 5 m; the village itself is at 31 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at STE MARIE DU MO, 5.1 km away at 5 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

An average of 886 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at STE MARIE DU MO, 5.1 km away at 5 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50509/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50509/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50509/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50509/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50509
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50523
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
Soursac	19	524 km SE	526	61.6	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 54 %
Arvieu	12	648 km SE	774	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 65 %
Abjat-sur-Bandiat	24	447 km S	639	45.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Puycelsi	81	639 km S	456	52.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Rocamadour	46	553 km SE	597	58.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Grandrieu	48	629 km SE	736	57.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Abjat-sur-Bandiat	24	447 km S	639	45.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Soursac	19	524 km SE	526	61.6	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 54 %
Rocamadour	46	553 km SE	597	58.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Grandrieu	48	629 km SE	736	57.2	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Puycelsi	81	639 km S	456	52.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Arvieu	12	648 km SE	774	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 65 %

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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 Sainte-Marie-du-Mont'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
Laz	29	236 km SW	685	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Beuzec-Cap-Sizun	29	281 km SW	1,008	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Feuillée	29	221 km SW	677	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Plésidy	22	173 km SW	563	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Guéhenno	56	195 km SW	814	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Scrignac	29	208 km SW	816	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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