Saussemesnil

Manche · CA du Cotentin · INSEE 50567

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

Partly served 43.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saussemesnil (INSEE 50567) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 927 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 43.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 14,808 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.59	10	5.87
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA P'TITE EPICERIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA FLAMBEE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAUSSEMESNIL RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAUSSEMESNIL). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LA P'TITE EPICERIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	LA FLAMBEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	SAUSSEMESNIL RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SAUSSEMESNIL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 726 2023: 927 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 925 (2012) → 927 (2023): 0.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 853 (1990) → 927 (2023): 8.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 443, of which 2.9 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Food shop — 1.6 km EBakery — 1.9 km WPrimary school — 1.9 km WGP — 6.7 km SPharmacy — 7.1 km S 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 (Saussemesnil): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saussemesnil): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Valognes): 6.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Valognes): 7.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saussemesnil): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 0.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 30

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 30 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VALOGNES weather station, 6.1 km away at 61 m; the village itself is at 110 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VALOGNES, 6.1 km away at 61 m, over 19 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,077 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VALOGNES, 6.1 km away at 61 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50567/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50567/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50567/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50567/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50567
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50615
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
Gironcourt-sur-Vraine	88	559 km E	849	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes	35	136 km S	1,037	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Chalandray	86	342 km S	784	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Thiel-sur-Acolin	03	506 km SE	1,027	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sornin	16	455 km S	844	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Brégnier-Cordon	01	688 km SE	804	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes	35	136 km S	1,037	37.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Chalandray	86	342 km S	784	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Sornin	16	455 km S	844	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Thiel-sur-Acolin	03	506 km SE	1,027	34.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Gironcourt-sur-Vraine	88	559 km E	849	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Brégnier-Cordon	01	688 km SE	804	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Saussemesnil'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
Saint-Clet	22	157 km SW	877	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Thurien	29	238 km SW	1,000	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Le Horps	53	151 km SE	716	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-le-Vasson	14	107 km SE	966	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Étoutteville	76	164 km E	841	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Étréaupont	02	390 km E	839	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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