Sottevast

Manche · CA du Cotentin · INSEE 50579

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

Few services 38.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sottevast (INSEE 50579) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 1,459 (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/50579-sottevast

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 11,845 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.77	10	7.73
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

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 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (DOUCEURS ET GOURMANDISES). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE SAUVADE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE PETIT NORMAND · A L'ESCALE NORMANDE · KRIS PIZZA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (SOTTEVAST AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

1 × Bank. ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (SOLEIL MOON CREATION). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Nursery school (maternelle).

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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	DOUCEURS ET GOURMANDISES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE SAUVADE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	LE PETIT NORMAND · A L'ESCALE NORMANDE · KRIS PIZZA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	SOTTEVAST AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE SOTTEVAST	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1		INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	SOLEIL MOON CREATION	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

1968: 725 2023: 1,459 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,339 (2012) → 1,459 (2023): 9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,146 (1990) → 1,459 (2023): 27.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 641, of which 3.4 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 2.4 km NGP — 2.5 km N 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 (Sottevast): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sottevast): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Brix): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Brix): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Sottevast): 0.1 km to the north-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, 6.3 km away at 61 m; the village itself is at 44 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VALOGNES, 6.3 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, 6.3 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 — 50579/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50579/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50579/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50579/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50579
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50087
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
Challes	72	230 km SE	1,156	39	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pléguien	22	139 km SW	1,443	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Eclose-Badinières	38	684 km SE	1,515	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 9 % · humidity 100 %
Trizay	17	408 km S	1,538	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 %
Nohic	82	667 km S	1,388	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte	38	694 km SE	1,600	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pléguien	22	139 km SW	1,443	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Challes	72	230 km SE	1,156	39	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Trizay	17	408 km S	1,538	36.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 89 % · humidity 50 %
Nohic	82	667 km S	1,388	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Eclose-Badinières	38	684 km SE	1,515	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 9 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-la-Côte	38	694 km SE	1,600	45.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 49 % · 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 Sottevast'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
Pléguien	22	139 km SW	1,443	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Epiniac	35	113 km S	1,438	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Plestan	22	137 km SW	1,635	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Maxent	35	174 km S	1,450	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Plédéliac	22	133 km SW	1,662	54.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Trémorel	22	156 km S	1,156	44.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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