Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue

Manche · CA du Cotentin · INSEE 50562

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

Partly served 59.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue (INSEE 50562) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 1,648 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

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

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Vitality score

Vitality score 59.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 10,922 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	0.63	25	15.75
Social	0.96	20	19.14
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.27	10	2.72
Housing mix	0.17	5	0.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 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 2 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. ^[3,4]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE GIBON · BISCUITERIE DE QUINEVILLE · SAS ALMP). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL TRADITION BOUCHERE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SARL MAISON GOSSELIN · L'ESSENTIEL). ^[3,4]

2 × Supermarket (NETTO). ^[3,4]

2 × Fishmonger (MAISON LESDOS DEPUIS 1878 · L'ITRE). ^[3,4]

11 × Restaurant (SARL LE CHASSE MAREE · LES PETITS PLATS D'ARNAUD · LE CABESTAN · LE DEBARCADERE · LA CRIEE DU TOMAHAWK). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (LE COMMERCE · LE MOUILLAGE · LA MARINA · 3T). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE GUILLAUME FOUACE). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENCE HAMON-BELLIERE, MÉDECIN · SERGE FRANCOIS, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER BELLIERE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE VAUBAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-VAAST-LA-HOUGUE SÉBASTIEN LE PRESTRE DE VAUBAN). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE OMNISPORTS GUILLAUME FOUACE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (PETITE PLAGE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE NORMANDIE · CREDIT AGRICOLE ST VAAST LA HOUGUE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE A DOMICILE · SALON ASD · JS COIFFURE · LE SALON DE MATHILDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL DE LA GRANITIERE · HÔTEL LES MAISONS DE TATIHOU). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA GALLOUETTE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Supermarket, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	4	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE GIBON · BISCUITERIE DE QUINEVILLE · SAS ALMP	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	SARL TRADITION BOUCHERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	SARL MAISON GOSSELIN · L'ESSENTIEL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	NETTO	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	2	MAISON LESDOS DEPUIS 1878 · L'ITRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Restaurant	11	SARL LE CHASSE MAREE · LES PETITS PLATS D'ARNAUD · LE CABESTAN · LE DEBARCADERE · LA CRIEE DU TOMAHAWK	INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	LE COMMERCE · LE MOUILLAGE · LA MARINA · 3T	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE GUILLAUME FOUACE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	LAURENCE HAMON-BELLIERE, MÉDECIN · SERGE FRANCOIS, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER BELLIERE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE VAUBAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAINT-VAAST-LA-HOUGUE SÉBASTIEN LE PRESTRE DE VAUBAN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE OMNISPORTS GUILLAUME FOUACE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PETITE PLAGE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE NORMANDIE · CREDIT AGRICOLE ST VAAST LA HOUGUE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	4	COIFFURE A DOMICILE · SALON ASD · JS COIFFURE · LE SALON DE MATHILDE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	2	HOTEL DE LA GRANITIERE · HÔTEL LES MAISONS DE TATIHOU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LA GALLOUETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,391 2023: 1,648 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,904 (2012) → 1,648 (2023): -13.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,134 (1990) → 1,648 (2023): -22.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,643, of which 41.4 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

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 (Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 10.6▸

Muggy days a summer 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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 11 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BARFLEUR weather station, 9 km away at 13 m; the village itself is at 4 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at GONNEVILLE, 15.8 km away at 134 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 130 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 866 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST VAAST LA HOUGUE, 1.7 km away at 17 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50562/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50562/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50562/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50562/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50562
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
La Bourboule	63	537 km SE	1,727	60.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Rivedoux-Plage	17	381 km S	2,483	65.5	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
L'Épine	85	299 km S	1,636	51.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Breil-sur-Roya	06	917 km SE	2,377	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Riez	04	852 km SE	1,610	62.1	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-Croix	29	292 km SW	1,669	63.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pont-Croix	29	292 km SW	1,669	63.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
L'Épine	85	299 km S	1,636	51.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Rivedoux-Plage	17	381 km S	2,483	65.5	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
La Bourboule	63	537 km SE	1,727	60.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Riez	04	852 km SE	1,610	62.1	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Breil-sur-Roya	06	917 km SE	2,377	59.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 65 % · 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 Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue'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
Pont-Croix	29	292 km SW	1,669	63.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Matignon	22	133 km SW	1,771	61	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Le Palais	56	285 km SW	2,599	73.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Camaret-sur-Mer	29	284 km SW	2,494	58.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Audierne	29	296 km SW	3,727	58.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Port-en-Bessin-Huppain	14	46 km SE	1,876	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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