Surtainville

Manche · CA du Cotentin · INSEE 50585

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

Few services 27.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Surtainville (INSEE 50585) is in Manche (50), part of CA du Cotentin. Population 1,166 (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/50585-surtainville

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 13,389 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.69	10	6.93
Housing mix	0.26	5	1.28

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (LES TROIS CHOUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DE SURTAINVILLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE LA SOURCE). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DE MARIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES MIELLES). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LES TROIS CHOUX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE DE SURTAINVILLE	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE LA SOURCE	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	SURTAINVILLE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	L'ATELIER DE MARIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LES MIELLES	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: 948 peak 2007: 1,240 2023: 1,166 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,222 (2012) → 1,166 (2023): -4.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 977 (1990) → 1,166 (2023): 19.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 930, of which 37.2 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 5.6 km NPharmacy — 9.5 km SE 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 (Surtainville): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

GP (Les Pieux): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Barneville-Carteret): 9.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Surtainville): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 7.4▸

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 7 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BARNEVILLE CART weather station, 9.5 km away at 62 m; the village itself is at 10 m. ^[11]

The village sits 52 m below 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]

An average of 640 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 5.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BARNEVILLE CART, 9.5 km away at 62 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 — 50585/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50585/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50585/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50585/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50585
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50402
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50031
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
Sisco	2B	1,136 km SE	1,182	52.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 92 %
Coux et Bigaroque-Mouzens	24	556 km SE	1,244	27.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 76 %
Saint-Germain-les-Vergnes	19	533 km SE	1,153	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 8 %
Désaignes	07	689 km SE	1,151	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 39 %
Condé-sur-Vesgre	78	265 km E	1,279	37.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 47 %
Saint-Pierre-en-Port	76	171 km E	826	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pierre-en-Port	76	171 km E	826	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 85 %
Condé-sur-Vesgre	78	265 km E	1,279	37.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 47 %
Saint-Germain-les-Vergnes	19	533 km SE	1,153	36.5	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 41 % · winter 8 %
Coux et Bigaroque-Mouzens	24	556 km SE	1,244	27.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 33 % · winter 76 %
Désaignes	07	689 km SE	1,151	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 39 %
Sisco	2B	1,136 km SE	1,182	52.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 92 %

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