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Saint-Pierre-Langers

Manche · CC de Granville, Terre et Mer · INSEE 50540

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

Few services 30.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Pierre-Langers (INSEE 50540) is in Manche (50), part of CC de Granville, Terre et Mer. Population 617 (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/50540-saint-pierre-langers

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 16,933 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.6753.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 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 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (POISSONNERIE MARTIN NICOLAS). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE CARIBOU PIZZA). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger1POISSONNERIE MARTIN NICOLASINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant1LE CARIBOU PIZZAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 376 2023: 617 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 543 (2012) → 617 (2023): 13.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 357 (1990) → 617 (2023): 72.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 353, of which 16.7 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 4.0 km NW (Saint-Pair-sur-Mer)Food shop — 4.2 km NW (Saint-Pair-sur-Mer)Bakery — 4.6 km SE (Sartilly-Baie-Bocage)Pharmacy — 4.8 km SE (Sartilly-Baie-Bocage)
In the commune Primary school GP — 4.0 km NWFood shop — 4.2 km NWBakery — 4.6 km SEPharmacy — 4.8 km SE 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 (Sartilly-Baie-Bocage): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Pair-sur-Mer): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Pair-sur-Mer): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Sartilly-Baie-Bocage): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Pierre-Langers): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 12 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the GRANVILLE weather station, 10.2 km away at 37 m; the village itself is at 43 m. [11]

An average of 1,070 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at SARTILLY, 5.6 km away at 75 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50540/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50540/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50540/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50540/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50565
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50532
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50540
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-André-de-Boëge74659 km SE59727.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 0 %
Serviers-et-Labaume30692 km SE59033.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 53 %
Valpuiseaux91283 km E61729.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 42 %
Matafelon-Granges01599 km SE62330.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 0 %
Ceaulmont36339 km SE67025.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 55 %
Payrignac46498 km SE65129.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 13 % · winter 69 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Valpuiseaux91283 km E61729.4Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 42 %
Ceaulmont36339 km SE67025.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 55 %
Payrignac46498 km SE65129.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 13 % · winter 69 %
Matafelon-Granges01599 km SE62330.2Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 59 % · winter 0 %
Saint-André-de-Boëge74659 km SE59727.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 0 %
Serviers-et-Labaume30692 km SE59033.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 53 %

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