Bourgvallées

Manche · CA Saint-Lô Agglo · INSEE 50546

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

Few services 35.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bourgvallées (INSEE 50546) is in Manche (50), part of CA Saint-Lô Agglo. Population 3,326 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 5 former communes: Le Mesnil-Herman (50313), Soulles (50581), Gourfaleur (50213), La Mancellière-sur-Vire (50287), Saint-Romphaire (50545). ^[3]

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/50546-bourgvallees

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 10 % of the 6,531 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	0.25	25	6.24
Social	0.31	20	6.15
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.11	10	1.11
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.68	10	6.76
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL LA MI DO RE · AU BON PAIN DE CAMPAGNE · BOULANGERIE DE SAINT ROMPHAIRE). ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (MALENFANT BOUCHERIE). ^[4,5]

2 × Restaurant (LE COMPTOIR DE GOURFALEUR). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (LA BOHEME CAFE DE BOURGAVALLEES). ^[5]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BOURGVALLEES). ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT SAMSON DE BONFOSSE AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BOURGVALLÉES). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (MECHE A MECHE). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	SARL LA MI DO RE · AU BON PAIN DE CAMPAGNE · BOULANGERIE DE SAINT ROMPHAIRE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	MALENFANT BOUCHERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	2	LE COMPTOIR DE GOURFALEUR	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5]
Café / bar	1	LA BOHEME CAFE DE BOURGAVALLEES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE BOURGVALLEES	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAINT SAMSON DE BONFOSSE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BOURGVALLÉES	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	MECHE A MECHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,638 2023: 3,326 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,240 (2012) → 3,326 (2023): 2.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,829 (1990) → 3,326 (2023): 17.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,618, of which 3.3 % second homes and 6.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 4.6 km NWGP — 4.7 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 (Bourgvallées): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Bourgvallées): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Canisy): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Canisy): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Bourgvallées): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.5

Days at or below 0 °C 53

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CONDE SUR VIRE_SAPC weather station, 6.3 km away at 28 m; the village itself is at 108 m. ^[11]

The village sits 80 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 GIEVILLE, 12.1 km away at 134 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

An average of 952 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CONDE SUR VIRE_SAPC, 6.3 km away at 28 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50546/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50546/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50546/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50546/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50546
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50095
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
Mouzillon	44	213 km S	2,893	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Dolay	56	184 km SW	2,645	51	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Bains-sur-Oust	35	165 km SW	3,535	46.7	Partly served	no figures
Coursac	24	456 km S	2,380	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Beauce la Romaine	41	233 km SE	3,341	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Le Val	83	833 km SE	4,335	42.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bains-sur-Oust	35	165 km SW	3,535	46.7	Partly served	no figures
Saint-Dolay	56	184 km SW	2,645	51	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Mouzillon	44	213 km S	2,893	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 72 %
Beauce la Romaine	41	233 km SE	3,341	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Coursac	24	456 km S	2,380	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Le Val	83	833 km SE	4,335	42.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Bourgvallées'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
Beauce la Romaine	41	233 km SE	3,341	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Nomain	59	353 km NE	2,651	53.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Cléguérec	56	176 km SW	2,885	62.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Le Faouët	56	207 km SW	2,814	66.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Rocroi	08	419 km E	2,270	64.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint Martin de l'If	76	153 km NE	1,736	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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