Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances

Identity

Saint-Pierre-de-Coutances (INSEE 50537) is in Manche (50), part of CC Coutances Mer et Bocage. Population 387 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/50537-saint-pierre-de-coutances

Vitality score

Vitality score 13.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 12 % of the 18,035 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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SAINT PIERRE). ^[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, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 418 (2012) → 387 (2023): -7.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 345 (1990) → 387 (2023): 12.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 193, of which 1 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Coutances): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Coutances): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Coutances): 1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Coutances): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Coutances): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the COUTANCES weather station, 1.1 km away at 80 m; the village itself is at 39 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CERISY LA SALLE, 11 km away at 134 m, over 21 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 95 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,089 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at COUTANCES, 1.1 km away at 80 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

What property sold for

23 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 228,000 € — 1,199 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

The median across Manche is 1,444 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[10]

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 — 50537/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50537/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50537/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50537/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50147
9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
10. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025