Sortosville
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 12.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Sortosville (INSEE 50578) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 80 (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 12.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 48 % of the 8,523 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 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.66 | 10 | 6.59 |
| Housing mix | 0.73 | 5 | 3.67 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
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]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 [3,4] | |
| 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
Population 99 (2012) → 80 (2023): -19.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 69 (1990) → 80 (2023): 15.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 45, of which 13.3 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Valognes): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Valognes): 2.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Montebourg): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Montebourg): 3.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Valognes): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
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, 6.8 km away at 61 m; the village itself is at 33 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at VALOGNES, 6.8 km away at 61 m, over 19 summers. [10]
An average of 1,049 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at URVILLE BOCAGE, 3.4 km away at 13 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 — 50578/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50578/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50578/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50578/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50615
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 50341
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont-Saint-Jean | 02 | 408 km E | 79 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 42 % |
| Courlon | 21 | 515 km E | 79 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chappes | 08 | 412 km E | 80 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 65 % |
| Bièvres | 02 | 372 km E | 80 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Malandry | 08 | 478 km E | 80 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 % |
| Germigney | 39 | 593 km SE | 79 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bièvres | 02 | 372 km E | 80 | 9.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mont-Saint-Jean | 02 | 408 km E | 79 | 9.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 42 % |
| Chappes | 08 | 412 km E | 80 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 65 % |
| Malandry | 08 | 478 km E | 80 | 13.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 % |
| Courlon | 21 | 515 km E | 79 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Germigney | 39 | 593 km SE | 79 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · 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 Sortosville'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couin | 62 | 294 km E | 76 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pierre-des-Jonquières | 76 | 212 km E | 74 | 4.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Azeville | 50 | 9.0 km E | 79 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mesnil-Domqueur | 80 | 262 km E | 88 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Neuville-au-Plain | 50 | 9.4 km SE | 81 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Joganville | 50 | 6.2 km E | 84 | 12.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
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