Sainte-Mère-Église

Manche · CC de la Baie du Cotentin · INSEE 50523

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

Served 66.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sainte-Mère-Église (INSEE 50523) is in Manche (50), part of CC de la Baie du Cotentin. Population 2,896 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 6 former communes: Carquebut (50103), Ravenoville (50427), Beuzeville-au-Plain (50051), Chef-du-Pont (50127), Écoquenéauville (50170), Foucarville (50191). ^[3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/50523-sainte-mere-eglise

Vitality score

Vitality score 66.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 7,321 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.93	20	18.64
Education	0.78	10	7.77
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.7	5	3.52
Population trend	0.42	10	4.16
Housing mix	0.64	5	3.2

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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. ^[4,5]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON ANQUETIL · J'M LES DOUCEURS). ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (C.P.M). ^[4,5]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LELERRE ANNICK · ETASSE LOISIRS). ^[4,5]

1 × Supermarket (SUPER U). ^[4,5]

17 × Restaurant (LE NORMANDY · LES CABINES · CASTEL). ^[4,5]

4 × Café / bar (L'ESCALE · LE STOP BAR). ^[5]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE (SAINTE MERE EGLISE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA COLOMBE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE-DAME). ^[4]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE SAINT EXUPERY). ^[4]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-LOUIS PESCHARD, MÉDECIN · ANNE PESCHARD, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE L'EGLISE). ^[4,5]

3 × Post office / agence postale (CHEF DU PONT RP · RAVENOVILLE RP · LA POSTE). ^[4]

2 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINTE-MÈRE-EGLISE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHEF-DU-PONT). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE SPORTS MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

1 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORMANDIE). ^[4]

5 × Hairdresser (L ATELIER DU CHEVEU · COIFF'STILL · HAIRBORNE · LE SALON D'HELENE · AUX COULEURS D'ANAIS). ^[4,5]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4]

3 × Hotel (HOTEL DU 6 JUIN · HOTEL RESTAURANT LE SAINTE MERE · AUBERGE LE JOHN STEELE). ^[4,5]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LE CORMORAN (5*) · CAMPING LES ILES). ^[4,5]

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

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	MAISON ANQUETIL · J'M LES DOUCEURS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	C.P.M	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LELERRE ANNICK · ETASSE LOISIRS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Supermarket	1	SUPER U	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	17	LE NORMANDY · LES CABINES · CASTEL	INSEE BPE 17 / INSEE SIRENE 23 [4,5]
Café / bar	4	L'ESCALE · LE STOP BAR	INSEE SIRENE 4 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE (SAINTE MERE EGLISE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA COLOMBE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE-DAME	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Collège	1	COLLEGE SAINT EXUPERY	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JEAN-LOUIS PESCHARD, MÉDECIN · ANNE PESCHARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE L'EGLISE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	3	CHEF DU PONT RP · RAVENOVILLE RP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Library	2	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINTE-MÈRE-EGLISE · BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHEF-DU-PONT	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DE SPORTS MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	1	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT NORMANDIE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Hairdresser	5	L ATELIER DU CHEVEU · COIFF'STILL · HAIRBORNE · LE SALON D'HELENE · AUX COULEURS D'ANAIS	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel	3	HOTEL DU 6 JUIN · HOTEL RESTAURANT LE SAINTE MERE · AUBERGE LE JOHN STEELE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Campsite	2	CAMPING LE CORMORAN (5*) · CAMPING LES ILES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [4,5]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday 16 h 30 à 20 h 00 Place Pierre Maury/Place de l'Eglise (seasonal). ^[6]

Trajectory

1968: 3,216 peak 1975: 3,220 2023: 2,896 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,163 (2012) → 2,896 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 3,160 (1990) → 2,896 (2023): -8.4 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,917, of which 18 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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-Mère-Église): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Sainte-Mère-Église): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Sainte-Mère-Église): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sainte-Mère-Église): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Sainte-Mère-Église): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

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. ^[11]

Measured at the STE MARIE DU MO weather station, 10.8 km away at 5 m; the village itself is at 28 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at STE MARIE DU MO, 10.8 km away at 5 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,028 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PICAUVILLE, 6.8 km away at 23 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[6]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50523/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.saintemereeglise.fr/marches-du-terroir/— “Il auront lieu tous les mardis du 9 juillet au 20 août 2024, de 16 h 30 à 20 h 00 , Place Pierre Maury/Place de l'Eglise.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50523/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50523/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50523/logement/2023
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
Tourouvre au Perche	61	170 km SE	2,955	54.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Longny les Villages	61	180 km SE	2,811	59.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Crach	56	235 km SW	3,423	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %
Mareuil en Périgord	24	460 km S	2,326	56.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 51 % · humidity 64 %
Lafrançaise	82	619 km S	2,865	62.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %
Picauville	50	7.7 km SW	3,228	37.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Picauville	50	7.7 km SW	3,228	37.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Tourouvre au Perche	61	170 km SE	2,955	54.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Longny les Villages	61	180 km SE	2,811	59.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Crach	56	235 km SW	3,423	48.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %
Mareuil en Périgord	24	460 km S	2,326	56.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 51 % · humidity 64 %
Lafrançaise	82	619 km S	2,865	62.2	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 81 % · humidity 71 %

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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-Mère-Église'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
La Roche-Jaudy	22	160 km SW	2,629	59	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Ploumilliau	22	180 km SW	2,466	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Sartilly-Baie-Bocage	50	74 km S	2,778	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Gouville-sur-Mer	50	40 km SW	3,274	48.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Plozévet	29	278 km SW	2,984	57.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sauveur-Villages	50	32 km S	3,208	43.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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