Tessy-Bocage

Manche · CA Saint-Lô Agglo · INSEE 50592

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

Served 67.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Tessy-Bocage (INSEE 50592) is in Manche (50), part of CA Saint-Lô Agglo. Population 2,217 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2018-01-01 from 3 former communes: Pleines-Œuvres (14507), Fervaches (50180), Pont-Farcy (50649). ^[3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/50592-tessy-bocage

Vitality score

Vitality score 67.6/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 8,931 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	0.58	25	14.48
Social	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.78	10	7.77
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	0.54	10	5.35
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.13

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 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 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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. ^[4,5]

6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L ET B COSNEFROY · SARL PIEDAGNEL · O DELICES DE L'ATELIER). ^[4,5]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (TOUT TESSY BON). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU MARCHE DU COIN). ^[4,5]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[4,5]

4 × Restaurant (LELIEVRE LILIANE · LE WELCOME · TC FOOD). ^[4,5]

4 × Café / bar (LE TOP BAR BY TOP ANIM' · L'OLIBAR'S). ^[5]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE SAINTE-MARIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE (PONT-FARCY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE RAYMOND QUENEAU). ^[4]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ETIENNE LEMOINE, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS LABBE, MÉDECIN · ADINA-ELENA CHERICHES, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES BORDS DE VIRE). ^[4,5]

2 × Post office / agence postale (TESSY BOCAGE RP GARAGE MARTINS RP · TESSY BOCAGE AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE TESSY-BOCAGE). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). ^[4]

2 × Bank (CLCAMN TESSY SUR VIRE-PL LIBERATION · CREDIT AGRICOLE NORMANDIE). ^[4]

4 × Hairdresser (AIR CREA'TIF · EVE COIFFURE · GAHERY MARIE-FRANCE · MALBRI). ^[4,5]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING DE PONT-FARCY). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 4 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	6	L ET B COSNEFROY · SARL PIEDAGNEL · O DELICES DE L'ATELIER	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	TOUT TESSY BON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AU MARCHE DU COIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	4	LELIEVRE LILIANE · LE WELCOME · TC FOOD	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [4,5]
Café / bar	4	LE TOP BAR BY TOP ANIM' · L'OLIBAR'S	INSEE SIRENE 4 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	3	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ECOLE SAINTE-MARIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE (PONT-FARCY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Collège	1	COLLEGE RAYMOND QUENEAU	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	ETIENNE LEMOINE, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS LABBE, MÉDECIN · ADINA-ELENA CHERICHES, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES BORDS DE VIRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	2	TESSY BOCAGE RP GARAGE MARTINS RP · TESSY BOCAGE AP	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE TESSY-BOCAGE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES SPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	2	CLCAMN TESSY SUR VIRE-PL LIBERATION · CREDIT AGRICOLE NORMANDIE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Hairdresser	4	AIR CREA'TIF · EVE COIFFURE · GAHERY MARIE-FRANCE · MALBRI	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [4,5]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Campsite	2	CAMPING DE PONT-FARCY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Wednesday de 8h00 à 13h00 Place Jean-Claude Lemoine. ^[6]

Trajectory

1968: 2,502 2023: 2,217 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,369 (2012) → 2,217 (2023): -6.4 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 2,142 (1990) → 2,217 (2023): 3.5 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,429, of which 8.7 % second homes and 17 % vacant. ^[9]

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 (Tessy-Bocage): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Tessy-Bocage): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Tessy-Bocage): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Tessy-Bocage): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Tessy-Bocage): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.9▸

Days at or below 0 °C 27.6

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 28 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GIEVILLE weather station, 7.9 km away at 134 m; the village itself is at 56 m. ^[11]

The village sits 78 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]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at GIEVILLE, 7.9 km away at 134 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 78 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,017 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST LOUET SUR VI, 5.3 km away at 120 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[6]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50592/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.tessybocage.fr/marche/— “Le marché se tient toute l'année sur la place Place Jean-Claude Lemoine à Tessy-sur-Vire. Vous y trouverez grilleur, maraîcher, poissonnier, fromager et d'autres chaque mercredi de 8h à 13h.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50592/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50592/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50592/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 50592
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
Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson	53	85 km SE	2,273	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Châtillon-sur-Indre	36	276 km SE	2,293	58.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lessay	50	44 km NW	2,278	65.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Tallard	05	738 km SE	2,292	74.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Maubourguet	65	618 km S	2,242	57.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %
Brécey	50	29 km S	2,172	60.8	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brécey	50	29 km S	2,172	60.8	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Lessay	50	44 km NW	2,278	65.2	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson	53	85 km SE	2,273	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Châtillon-sur-Indre	36	276 km SE	2,293	58.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Maubourguet	65	618 km S	2,242	57.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 15 % · winter 72 % · humidity 43 %
Tallard	05	738 km SE	2,292	74.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · 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 Tessy-Bocage'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
Pré-en-Pail-Saint-Samson	53	85 km SE	2,273	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte	50	57 km NW	2,114	64.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Lanmeur	29	198 km W	2,387	63.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Saëns	76	187 km NE	2,298	64.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Fruges	62	286 km NE	2,362	63.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Potigny	14	60 km E	2,089	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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